Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Australian Fern tree, 1 by rjuddharrison

rjuddharrison wrote:
aka "Big Fern"

Survived the winter, while other tropicals suffered dammage, but most survived.

This fern was rescued from home depot 3 years ago, a scraggly specimen stuffed in a corner. The first winter I pulled it out of the ground and over wintered it in the green house. Decided to leave it in the ground the last 2. This year it appears to be striving fot the
tree part of it's title and has formed a woody trunk at the bottom. The fronds are also stronger, staying in a lifted position.

The larger it gets, the more accelerated the growth seems to become. I have two small ferns I brought back from Hawaii last year and they are doing well, but taking their time, which seems to be the case in my experience of younger specimens.

Thanks Kell, for the advice on watering.

Rj