Sago Plant House Plant

SAGO-PALM – A common but misleading name for Cycas revoluta, which is not a palm but a cycad.

The sago palm is found primarily in the landscape across the southern states… but the sago palm which is not a palm but a cycad is also used indoors. Here’s a few sago’s planted in clay pots and topdressed with rock.

Despite of their unusual appearance, the Sago palms have become popular ornamental plants. They can also be seen in botanical gardens. Commercially, they are promoted and used as landscape plants. In special occasions, the Sago palms are grown as bonsai plants.

Cycads can have some problems with scale particularly Asian scale.

In the landscape, they can provide an “Oriental Influence”. Here is how one designer described using the Revoluta in their landscape plan…

The Japanese lantern mounted on a pedestal, with pleasing freeform lines, was carved from lavarock (feather stone). Dramatic growing Cycas revoluta among coral boulders, makes an interesting background.

A Casuarina equisetifolia was trained and pampered for many years in order to achieve the ming-tree like results. Cycas revoluta to the left among coral rock.. Brassaia and Yucca give a textured background.

In the landscape or as a house plant the Sago is versatile.

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