Serendipity wrote:

Just how hardy are Tree Ferns.
I live in SW UK

John

I would urge you to think twice (and preferably several times more)
before buying a tree fern.

They are very fashionable at the moment but are all taken from the wild.
Tree Ferns are very slow growing and a 4-6 ft specimen can easily be
over 100 years old.

At the moment, some specimens are very common in New Zealand and, as
large areas of ancient New Zealand forest are cleared for development,
the New Zealand government has issued licenses for their export.

An argument is that they would probably be burnt anyway, so why not buy
them and they are very common.

However, would you be happy for 100 year old English oaks to be pulled
up and sold as a sideline for building development in England? And if
you wouldn't, I really don't think you should be buying Tree Ferns,
however "trendy".
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Larry Stoter