5 King Sago Palm Tree Seeds

King Sago Palm Tree Seeds Cycas revoluta Exotic Tropical Cycad Living Fossil Grow a living fossil! Growing Sago Palms from seed is very easy. This plant has become one of the most popular plants for the landscape. They are actually a cycad.  They are one of the oldest species of plants that still exist. Appearing on earth during the Paleozoic Era from 350 to 250 million years ago, they were growing long before the flowering plants appeared. Would you believe that they were the dominant plant in the Mesozoic Era and lived right alongside dinosaurs?  Because of this, they are called “living fossils.” This era is actually called the “Age of Cycads.” These plants have changed very little since that time. Sago Palms have strong, sturdy trunks that grow to about one to two feet in diameter. Dark olive-green leaves grow to 3-4 feet.  Younger plants begin with a rosette of leaves coming from a stem near the ground.  Today the oldest types of plants are becoming increasingly endangered in the w