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Summer planting
Contrary to popular opinion, summer planting is fine as long as adequate water is provided throughout any prolonged dry periods. This allows you to take advantage of increased summer growth.
Doodia australis
Height: 0.3m;  Spread: 0.5m
Pukupuku (Fern)
Short creeping. Pink new fronds in the sun. Good pot plant. Very hardy fern in sunny, dry conditions. Was named Doodia media.
» Click here for our Doodia australis article published in The Fringe, April 2016...
» For a landscaping perspective on Doodia australis see this article by O2 Landscapes...
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Doodia australis
A young plant
Doodia australis. Oakley Creek, Auckland