Soft Tree Fern
Dicksonia antarctica
Tree5×2.5 mzone 8–10partial shade
Profile
- Family
- Dicksoniaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Height
- 5 m
- Spread
- 2.5 m
- Growth
- very slow
- Lifespan
- 300 years
- Hardiness
- zone 8–10
- Shade tolerance
- partial shade
- Soil
- Sand, Silt
- Soil moisture
- semi-dry – very wet
- pH
- 4.5 – 6.5
evergreen
Uses
Growing
Needs moist, humus-rich, acidic soil in a sheltered, partly shaded spot with high humidity. Keep the trunk moist; in cool sites protect the growing point in winter.
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