Cycad Newbies

Gauteng · viewing by appointment

Your first cycad
starts here

Hardy cycads, aloes and succulents from a Gauteng nursery, with honest, plain-language advice on keeping yours happy for decades.

26
plants in stock
7
families grown
Seed
raised, not imported
A young Encephalartos ghellinckii in flush, in its bag beside an established caudex
A young Encephalartos afer growing in red rock
An Encephalartos barteri seedling in its nursery bag

How buying works

No cart, no checkout, no surprises

  1. 01

    Browse the catalogue

    Every plant lists its size, pot, rough age and what it needs. No jargon without a translation.

  2. 02

    Message us on WhatsApp

    Tell us where the plant is going — sun, shade, pot, ground — and we will tell you honestly if it is the wrong plant.

  3. 03

    Collect or arrange delivery

    Viewing is by appointment in Gauteng. Courier countrywide, packed by us, at cost.

The nursery

Grown here, hardened off outdoors

Everything we sell is raised on site in Gauteng conditions — full Highveld sun, real winters, no greenhouse pampering. What you take home is already used to the weather it is going into.

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Cycad Newbies — premium plants for sale

Ask us the basic question

How much water? Will it survive the frost? Is this pot big enough? Those are the questions we like best — send one over.