{"id":2816,"date":"2020-03-28T00:05:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T07:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-76\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T11:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T18:17:11","slug":"growing-and-caring-for-zamioculcas-zamiifolia","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/growing-and-caring-for-zamioculcas-zamiifolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing and caring for Zamioculcas zamiifolia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What are the cultural requirements for Zamioculcas?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Zamioculcas<\/em> is in the plant family Araceae, and its common name is the Aroid palm. According to the <em>Sunset Western Garden Book<\/em> (2007), this tropical African perennial which resembles a cycad or a palm will grow slowly to 4-5 feet high by 3-4 feet wide. Grown outdoors, it prefers partial to full shade, but indoors you should provide bright filtered light. It should be placed on a tray of moistened pebbles, and misted occasionally. During active growth, keep the soil evenly moist, and give it balanced fertilizer once a month. During the fall and winter months, do not fertilize, and only water when the top inch of soil becomes dry. In summer, the plant may be moved outside to a shady spot. All parts of this plant are poisonous.<\/p>\n<p>You can find discussion among growers of <em>Zamioculcas zamiifolia<\/em> (sometimes called &#8220;the ZZ plant&#8221;) on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca\/forums\/showthread.php?t=29376\">University of British Columbia Botanical Garden Forum.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-keyword has-text-align-right wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/palms\/\" rel=\"tag\">Palms<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/plant-care\/\" rel=\"tag\">Plant care<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/zamioculcas\/\" rel=\"tag\">Zamioculcas<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the cultural requirements for Zamioculcas? &nbsp; Zamioculcas is in the plant family Araceae, and its common name is the Aroid palm. According to the Sunset Western Garden Book (2007), this tropical African perennial which resembles a cycad or a palm will grow slowly to 4-5 feet high by 3-4 feet wide. Grown outdoors, it prefers partial to full shade, but indoors you should provide bright filtered light. It should be placed on a tray of moistened pebbles, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/growing-and-caring-for-zamioculcas-zamiifolia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Growing and caring for Zamioculcas zamiifolia<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[111,152,719],"class_list":["post-2816","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-palms","keyword-plant-care","keyword-zamioculcas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}