"DavidM" wrote in message
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I have had a tree fern for about 5 years, which was growing quite well in
thegarden but last year got too big for the greenhouse, so I over wintered
it in a bubble wrap lean to temporary shelter. The leaves stayed green ok
through the winter but then in spring all died off.

I have kept it in the garden hoping it would shoot again but with no
success. There does appear to be something green down in the crown when I
scratch its surface, its been there for a couple of months now, almost as
if
it is an "in growing leaf", but no new leaves produced.

Should I write it off as dead, or leave it to see what happens?


Hi David,
the new shoots in tree-ferns are first detectable as a knob the size of a
finger-tip, deep in the centre. They are covered in hair, and rapidly grow
and uncoil into fronds.

I just wonder whether your fern's winter quarters have been too damp and too
dark, but good luck!

Duncan