Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Austrailian Tree Fern, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Mine is under a big live oak tree with dappled shade all day. All the others I've seen here, including several huge tall ones at Selby Botanical Gardens are growing under other trees, too. Mine also gets regular light irrigation and I mist it occasionally with orchid fertilizer when I'm passing it with the sprayer in hand. That fuzzy fiber-y trunk absorbs a lot of nutrients for the plant, evidently.

Even though it looks like a tree, it's still a fern, and ferns like shade. I wouldn't risk it if you don't have a good shady place to plant it.

This message was edited Jun 5, 2012 10:53 PM