Posted by Tom Broome on 8/30/2009, 2:01 pm, in reply to "substitute for sagos"
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: I'm looking for ideas for replacing my
: sagos...someday, if they get too big
: for the spot they're in. It would
: have to be cold-hardy (I'm in zone
: 8) and able to take full sun. My
: first thought was Dioon edule, which
: I have a few seedlings of, but I
: imagine they would eventually get
: just as big. I've heard some of the
: Ceratozamias are hardy enough, but
: not having run across any besides a
: few photos on the internet, could
: they hold their own as a specimen
: plant in full sun?
:
:
Dioon edule is a good choice. They will get to be large as well but it takes about 3 times as long. If you bought a 3 gallon plant right now, it would probably take about 10 to 12 years to get to the size of the sago on the left. Some of the thinner leaflet coonties would work too. They might get to be about 4 feet across over time, but that doesn't look like a problem on the right side, at least. They won't get all that tall either. To be honest, I really don't know of a full sun ceratozamia that would fit in the smaller than 4 feet size. The hildeas would hold up but I think they would get washed out looking in all day full sun.
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