Tags: 2017, Cycads, Meeting, Randy Wild, Season 2016-2017

For our April event, Randy Wild presented Cycads: the Perfect Plant for Malibu.

Cycads go back to the time of the dinosaurs. They are the oldest fossilized plant that we have on record. They are considered the first conifer and the first plant that has male and female genders in separate plants. They are also the first plant to reproduce by pollen.

Although Cycads come from all over the world, they are primarily found in the equatorial belt and the tropical regions of Australia, South Africa, and Mexico. There are many different varieties, about 350 accepted species.

Randy Wild is a landscape contractor specializing in architectural landscape design and he also does installations. He has been in business since 1989. He works primarily in the Brentwood, Santa Monica, and Malibu areas. Randy’s passion for Cycads started when he began collecting these plants in his twenties. He has had this passion for the last forty years.