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Any ideas if a very large trunk of a tree fern that has had no fronds for a year might come back to life - and how to encourage it?

elaineiljonforeman

By Elaineiljonforeman

United Kingdom Gb

I think it is the Dickonia antatartica - it was around 6 foot tall when I got it from a Watford garden centre


On plant Dicksonia antarctica

  • Question asked on 30 Mar, 2009

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moon_grower
Moon_grower
 

Unlikely I'd say

30 Mar, 2009

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