Encephalartos Set
Save 37% On This Set

This set makes a great gift, or a wonderful way to get started collecting rare cycads at a significant savings to you. Encephalartos are the royalty of the Cycad Family, beautiful and majestic plants native to Africa. They are comprise some of the most unique and lovely of all cycads.

In this set, you get five plants. These plants may be picked up at the nursery, or shipped to you with complete instructions for re-establishing them.

This set includes the following plants:

Encephalartos altensteinii
-- Large Seedling
A robust, tall growing species with deep green glossy leaves. This species, native to the coastal areas of South Africa, is distinguished by its broad, well-spaced, V-shaped leaflets. Full sun or part shade are preferred.

Encephalartos lehmannii
-- 1"-1.5" Caudex Size Plant
The ultra-blue Karoo Desert cycad from South Africa. This plant is the most sun and heat and cold tolerant species from the Eastern Cape blue cycads.

Encephalartos trispinosus
(Seedling)
One of the famous blue cycads from South Africa. Trispinosus is a small-to-medium sized plant with blue-green, pointy, leaves and a trunk that grows to 3 feet plus. It is frost tolerant and prefers full sun.

Encephalartos manikensis
-- 1"-1.5" Caudex Size Plant
Encephalartos manikensis is a larger cycad from Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Plants in this complex have large, straight trunks of up to 5 feet in height, leaves with short petioles, medium-sized spiny leaflets and green cones..

Encephalartos ferox
-- 1"-1.5" Caudex Size Plant
The holly leaf cycad from South Africa and Mozambique. This glossy green leafed plant produces a bright red cone upon maturity.

Our regular price for these plants is over $457. Your price for this set is $290, so you save 37%% on this set.