Dioon edule - 4" BL:M7B While some cultivated varieties exhibit

While some cultivated varieties exhibit a clear spiral or twisted growth pattern

or bird's nest fern

It stays small and short

5 ft and inch wide

Dioon edule - 4" BL:M7B While some cultivated varieties exhibitDioon edule, the chestnut dioon, is a cycad native to Mexico, also known as palma de la virgen. Cycads are among the oldest seed plants and even pre date the dinosaurs. It belongs to the Zamiaceae plant family within the order Cycadales. The genus name "Dioon" means "two egged", referring to the two ovule. D. edule is smaller, very cold hardy, and has distinct blue green to grey green, stiffer leaves, often making it better suited for container