Kay, you are right in my case.
I have the same thing happening with mine. I bought it several years ago
and overwinter it in an unheated greenhouse but each winter it completely
"dies" and in the spring sprouts from different places around the original
"trunk". I have just checked the growing instructions which came with it and
it's a "Dicksonia squarrosa"!
The web address is www.ponga.nl
regards,

David

"Kay" wrote in message
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In article , gary smith
writes
I have a small Dicksonia Antartica (Australian hardy tree fern) that
appears to be rowing from the sides at ground level, as thou its going
to be growing branches from the base.

Are you sure it's D antarctica? I thought it was D squarrosa which was
more likely to do this?

How do I propagate from these shoots ?? Is it a case of mounding the
soil up, to induce rooting ??



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Kay
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