Dioon merolae Plants from China Hosta 'Iron Gate Delight'

Hosta 'Iron Gate Delight'

anemonella is thrilled to have a soil that stays moist

Although evergreen in our climate

faintly-scented white flowers with exterior burgundy keels

Dioon merolae Plants from China Hosta 'Iron Gate Delight'The 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