My Cycads

The first time I noticed this plant I was mesmerized by its beauty.
I find it so cool as they are called "the living fossils"...

First on my collection .....Dioon spinolosum

and I acquired more... and I loved using this as centerpiece on my garden...

...and another....

...and another....

then i started getting seedlings....

Then I began searching for different species....

I also ordered this book which helped a lot in naming my cycads...

...this is the most common cycad in our country Cycas revoluta..commonly known as "oliba"

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i also liked the Dioon edule specie with its straight and spineless leaf...

another dioon...

then i got the "pitogo"...also a common cycas in the Philippines...Cycas rumphii

cycas with flush

this is a Ceratozamia latifolia...

this is  Zamia fischerii from a local supplier....

a very common sight in any garden...Zamia furfuracea...."cardboard cycad"....

i also got a Madagascar cycad called Cycas thoursii which looks like a pitogo

This is  Zamia neurophyllidia

I love this big Encephalartos hildebranti

I was yearning for more cycads .. and I finally got my wish... Encephalartos ferox...

and a birthday gift from my husband...

         

                                                                   Dioon edule

Just like any collector I  have this feeling of "just one more" on my wish list. 

I began my collection last quarter of this year...

Hope that in the years to come I can add more...

Korean Grass

This is how the lawn appeared before we planted "korean" grass...

Since this kind of grass is quite new to our place and quite expensive at that

I decided to just get the grass from the previously planted ones in our garden. We meticulously uprooted the grass and  subdivided the growths so we could cover the whole area.

And this is how it looked after a few days...

my mom said  it looked like a ricefield

Good thing..it was raining almost everyday last June when we started...

... i noticed that the grasses were getting greener each day...and i was quite impressed : )

...so we did some retouch and planted new grass in between so it would look fuller

and this is how it looks today.

....another reason why I got inspired in planting. 

Korean grass scientific name is Zoysia matrella...also known as Manila grass, Temple grass & Japanese carpet.  This kind of grass is getting popular among landscapers as it forms a velvety green mats and easier to maintain.