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Summer planting
Contrary to popular opinion, summer planting is fine as long as adequate water is provided throughout any prolonged dry periods. This allows you to take advantage of increased summer growth.
Dicksonia fibrosa
Height: 5m;  Spread: 3m
Wheki-ponga (Tree Fern)
Wheki-ponga tree fern is slow growing with a thick fibrous trunk. Frost hardy.
» Click here for our Dicksonia squarrosa article published in The Fringe, October 2015 ...
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dicksonia fibrosa
dicksonia fibrosa crossed with dicksonia squarosa
Dicksonia fibrosa
Dicksonia fibrosa
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