Dioon merolae Yellow/Gold Flowering Plants and South Carolina

and South Carolina

and I'd be willing to bet that any nursery offering plants under that name (other than small hellebore specialist)

Because of its height and late season of flowering

is one of the most unusual looking canna lilies we've grown

fully double lavender flowers atop 4' tall stalks

Dioon merolae Yellow/Gold Flowering Plants and South CarolinaThe 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