Enjoy Sago palm's phase and let the cone dry up and then remove with sharp knife.

Until then, just leave the sago alone. It's possible that male sagos will send up new growth later in the summer after the male cone has shed its pollen and withered.

There are male and female sago palms. In the spring, a mature male sago palm produces a golden cone shaped like a giant pinecone, which may grow over two feet tall.

Male sago palm flowers produce long, golden, cone-like structures somewhat like large pine cones. If you don't plan on propagating additional sago plants, you can remove this structure from the ...

Sago palms do not produce reproductive structures every year and will not produce them at all until they are old enough. Other than the shape of the cone they produce, male and female sago palms ...

In the case of our Mystery Plant, male plants will produce one or more long, pointed, yellow cones that shed plenty of pollen. A female plant will produce a massive, grapefruit-sized cone at the top.

The male cone appears on one plant, and the female cone is found on a separate plant. The sago female cone develops across the center head of the plant and is a fawn-colored fluffy-looking ball.

Sago palm centers look different? It's because some are male and some are female. Dan Gill explains. Answers to readers' gardening questions.