Cardboard Cycad 5 L Pot
AU$79.00
Price incl. GST (10%) AU$7.18
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Product Details
🌿 Cardboard Cycad
Botanical name: Zamia furfuracea
Common names: Cardboard Palm, Cardboard Cycad, Cardboard Plant
🌱 Main Features
- Striking evergreen cycad with a compact, architectural form.
- Thick, leathery blue-green leaves have a distinctive cardboard-like texture.
- Forms a rounded rosette of stiff, attractive fronds.
- Slow growing and generally low maintenance once established.
- Excellent drought tolerance once established.
- Can grow to around 1–2 m tall and wide, making it suitable for feature planting and containers.
- Adds a strong tropical, coastal and contemporary look to gardens.
☀️ Growing Conditions in Perth
Cardboard Cycad is a good choice for Perth because it handles heat, sun and relatively dry conditions once established.
Position:
🌞 Best in full sun to part shade. In Perth, provide some protection from very harsh afternoon sun when plants are young.
Soil:
Use well-drained soil. Avoid areas where water remains around the roots.
Water:
Water regularly while establishing. Once established, allow the soil to dry slightly between watering.
Temperature:
Protect young plants from severe frost. A warm, sheltered position is ideal.
🌿 Care in Perth
- 💧 Water deeply during hot, dry periods, particularly while establishing.
- 🌱 Apply a quality slow-release fertiliser in spring and again during the warmer growing season if required.
- 🌿 Mulch around the plant to conserve moisture, keeping mulch away from the caudex/trunk.
- ✂️ Remove old or damaged fronds from the base when necessary.
- 🪴 Excellent for containers—use a premium, free-draining potting mix.
- Avoid overwatering, particularly in winter.
🏡 Landscaping Importance
Cardboard Cycad is an excellent architectural plant for Perth’s modern and waterwise gardens.
It is ideal for:
- Feature planting
- Rockeries
- Coastal gardens
- Tropical-style gardens
- Modern landscapes
- Poolside gardens
- Courtyards and patios
- Containers
- Low-maintenance and waterwise gardens
- Mass planting
Its bold blue-green foliage provides year-round structure and texture, making it especially useful where a strong architectural plant is required.
⚠️ Important Note
Zamia furfuracea is a cycad, not a true palm. Like other cycads, its seeds and plant parts should not be eaten and can be toxic if ingested.
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Cardboard Cycad 5 L Pot
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