Cycas pectinata Bosnia and Herzegovina and other North American asters

and other North American asters to be distant cousins instead of brothers and sisters

that's virtually unknown in most gardening circles

This has proven both amazingly hardy and vigorous in the garden

covered with thousands of small burgundy spots

Ophiopogon 'Comet' is a little-known selection of the woodland groundcover Ophiopogon japonicus that we've treasured in our garden since 1997

Cycas pectinata Bosnia and Herzegovina and other North American astersCycas pectinata is a Himalayan species, native from Northeast India south to Thailand. We are uncertain of winter hardiness, but have a few spares from our garden hardiness trials. In the wild, where it grows in dry, open thickets over karst, it can reach 40' tall, making it the tallest of all cycad species.