species
Dicksonia antarctica
Tree fern · Soft tree fern
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Dicksonia antarctica belongs to the family Dicksoniaceae, also known as Tree fern or Soft tree fern, introduced to the UK. It reaches 4 m tall and 3 m across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or shade, on loam or peat soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist conditions, and suits sheltered positions. It is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H4 (hardy): −10 to −5°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 4 m tall × 3 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H4 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Loam, Peat
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Introduced
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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