Encephalartos Species, Poor Man's Cycad

ONe of the more commonly available and faster growing Encephalartos. This is a good plant for more shady gardens- leaves tend to burn in...Read More sun (though it will survive there). It likes a lot of water, but not boggy conditions. The caudex tends to stay mostly subterranean in this species so it never gets very tall (height listed is leaves shooting out of the ground height). It has nice golden cones (particularly the female cones) frequently. Has some sharp spines on its leaves so careful where planting it.