Dicksonia
When we started the nursery we made it a top priority and promise, to ourselves and customers that we would never take plants from the wild. Therefore we do not sell large trunked specimens.
For more information and to make your own judgments follow this link to an organisation in Tasmania seeking to protect the ancient Gondwanaland forests.
A genus of tree ferns from the southern hemisphere containing the only tree fern hardy in most parts of the country, Dicksonia antartica. Most Dicksonias have stout trunks when mature.
Named after James Dickson (1738-1822, a Scottish botanist and physician.
For more information and to make your own judgments follow this link to an organisation in Tasmania seeking to protect the ancient Gondwanaland forests.
A genus of tree ferns from the southern hemisphere containing the only tree fern hardy in most parts of the country, Dicksonia antartica. Most Dicksonias have stout trunks when mature.
Named after James Dickson (1738-1822, a Scottish botanist and physician.