Garden Terrace Nursery Plant Guide

Cycads

Botanical Name: Encephalartos Altensteinii
Common Name: Eastern Cape Giant Cycad
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Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Cycad
Flower Colour :
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : All seasons
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Frost-tender
Attributes :
Height (m) : 4 - 7
Spread (m) : 4 - 7

Botanical Name: Encephalartos Caffer
Common Name: Cycad
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Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Cycad
Flower Colour :
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : All seasons
Light :
Hardiness :
Attributes :
Height (m) : 1
Spread (m) : 2

Botanical Name: Encephalartos Ferox
Common Name: Zululand Cycad
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Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Cycad
Flower Colour :
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : All seasons
Light : Semi-shade
Hardiness : Frost-tender
Attributes :
Height (m) : 1.5
Spread (m) : 1.8 - 3

Botanical Name: Encephalartos Friderici-Guilielmi
Common Name: White-haired Cycad
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Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Cycad
Flower Colour :
Foliage Colour : Blue grey
Best Season : All seasons
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Hardy
Attributes :
Height (m) : 4
Spread (m) : 1

Botanical Name: Encephalartos Ghellinckii
Common Name: Drakensberg Cycad
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Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Cycad
Flower Colour :
Foliage Colour : Olive to yellow green
Best Season : All seasons
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Hardy
Attributes :
Height (m) : 3
Spread (m) : 1

Botanical Name: Encephalartos Horridus
Common Name: Eastern Cape Blue Cycad
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Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Cycad
Flower Colour :
Foliage Colour : Blue green
Best Season : All seasons
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Semi-hardy
Attributes :
Height (m) : 0.5 - 1.4
Spread (m) : 1 - 2

Botanical Name: Encephalartos Humilis
Common Name: Cycad
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Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Cycad
Flower Colour :
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : All seasons
Light :
Hardiness :
Attributes :
Height (m) :
Spread (m) :

Botanical Name: Encephalartos Lebomboensis
Common Name: Lebombo Cycad
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Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Cycad
Flower Colour :
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : All seasons
Light : Sun or shade
Hardiness : Frost-tender
Attributes :
Height (m) : 3 - 6
Spread (m) : 2 - 6

Botanical Name: Encephalartos Lehmanii
Common Name: Karoo Cycad
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Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Cycad
Flower Colour :
Foliage Colour : Grey
Best Season : All seasons
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Hardy
Attributes : Water wise
Height (m) : 1.5
Spread (m) : 1.5

Botanical Name: Encephalartos Longifolius
Common Name: Sourberg Cycad
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Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Cycad
Flower Colour :
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : All seasons
Light :
Hardiness :
Attributes :
Height (m) : 2 - 4
Spread (m) : 3 - 5

Botanical Name: Encephalartos Natalensis
Common Name: Natal Giant Cycad
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Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Cycad
Flower Colour :
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : All seasons
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Frost-tender
Attributes :
Height (m) : 4 - 6
Spread (m) : 2 - 3

Botanical Name: Encephalartos Transvenosus
Common Name: Modjadji Cycad
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Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Cycad
Flower Colour :
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : All seasons
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Semi-hardy
Attributes :
Height (m) : 5 - 8
Spread (m) : 3 - 5