Australian Tree Fern
by Barbara McMahon
Title
Australian Tree Fern
Artist
Barbara McMahon
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A delightful discovery on a new tree species for me today. Another amazing tree at Gage Park, Hamilton Ontario's tropical greenhouse. A fern leaf frond on an Australian Tree Fern. The hairy, curly frond was as big as a basketball and taller than me!!! I felt as if I was in a giant world and I was a Lilliputian.
The trunk itself is made up of fuzzy rootlets that like to be hosed down often - every day if you can.
New growth emerges in a large fuzzy brown curl that unfurls to form a giant fern frond
(Sphaeropteris cooperi)
The gossamer Australian tree fern is one of the most unique trees for a shady spot.
This is a high moisture plant requiring a daily light shower to keep it healthy and beautiful...though it doesn't want its roots overwatered.
Like most ferns, it's an understory plant with lacy foliage that likes shade, dappled shade, or a little morning sunshine.
A tree fern needs lots of room...it's a jumbo-sized fern that spreads as much as 15 feet wide - and eventually forms a tree trunk under its tropical canopy.
The trunk itself is made up of fuzzy rootlets that like to be hosed down often - every day if you can.
New growth emerges in a large fuzzy brown curl that unfurls to form a giant fern frond.
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July 31st, 2021
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