Zamia furfuracea
Cardboard Fern
Description
An attractive small cycad with stiff cardboard-like leaves. An excellent house plant or exotic groundcover.
Origin
Eastern Mexico
Form and size
Small cycad that forms a thicket around 1-1.5m across and 1m high.
Preferred habitat
Indoors or outside. Tolerant of neglect. Avoid boggy conditions.
Growth rate
SlowRate
Outdoors
Yes
Indoors
Yes
Wind
Good tolerance
Sea winds
Good tolerance
Sun
Good tolerance
Dryness
Good tolerance
Frost
To -3°C
As an indoor plant
Attractive, unusual plant which tolerates indoor conditions well.
Sizes and Prices
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