Dioon merolae Trachystemon The 8" tall x 18"

The 8" tall x 18" wide clump is composed of very thick

so handle with care

dangling white bells beneath the stem

compact clumps are topped with clusters of quarter-sized clear yellow

The tiny leaves are green with a nice creamy white margin and the clumps are topped with pale lavender flowers that attract hummingbirds atop 15" scapes in midsummer

Dioon merolae Trachystemon The 8" tall x 18"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