Dioon merolae Plants from China therefore we will not opt

therefore we will not opt for tissue culture

Although evergreen in our climate

This 2016 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction is from a Dr

the late Hamilton Traub

so don't expect this to ever become widely available or low-priced

Dioon merolae Plants from China therefore we will not optThe endangered Mexican cycad Dioon merolae has been a nice surprise in our winter hardiness trials, surviving 7 degrees F so far. This was quite a surprise since it hails from the more southern provinces of Chiapas and Oaxaca where it can be found on steep sandstone cliffs near waterways in pine oak forests. Dioon merolae, named in 1981 after Italian botanist Aldo Merole, forms a slow growing solitary specimen with 3' long, stiff, upright, green