On 9/9/07 22:53, in article ,
"Duncan" wrote:


"Dave" wrote in message
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tree fern


Hi

I have 1ft tree fern, do I need to bring it in for the winter.

I live in Bristol UK
Thanks
DAVE
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My tree fern now has about 8 inches of "trunk" and the crown spreads across
about 4 ft. I bought it as a baby at Loch Fyne 7 or 8 years ago, and it has
never spend a winter indoors. I keep it in a walled (court)yard, only about
50 yards from the sea (at high tide). I keep any lower fronds I cut off as
they turn brown, and lightly scrunch them into the crown as the weather
starts to turn.

Duncan


It depends where you live but that close to the sea you're unlikely to get
frost, so that information may not help someone in Bristol. But bending the
dead fronds into the crown is certainly helpful as a frost protector. In
most areas, proximity to the sea makes a lot of difference to what can be
grown outdoors and what can't. We sold a Thunbergia gregorii to the NT
property Coleton Fishacre near Salcombe and their only complaint about it,
as it reached chimney height, was that it stopped flowering in February.
;-)

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