Coontie (Zamia integrifolia) Size:7 Gallon making it an excellent choice

making it an excellent choice for screening or accent planting

low bottom woods

In addition to its attractive flowers

Soil type: Sand

Width: 4 – 8 ft

Coontie (Zamia integrifolia) Size:7 Gallon making it an excellent choiceThis is a small, tough, woody cycad and like all cycads, the coontie has ancient origins. This Florida plant is the only cycad native to Florida. It's also the preferred food source for larvae of the rare Atala butterfly. It is a low growing, slow growing plant, typically one to three feet tall. It has stiff, glossy, featherlike leaves attached to a thick, short, underground stem. It has high drought tolerance and moderate salt tolerance, and is an