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Planting tip
Soak the rootball of your plant in a bucket of water to wet thoroughly prior to planting. For extra goodness, add a bit of liquid fertiliser.
Sticherus flabellatus
Height: 0.4m;  Spread: 0.75m
Umbrella Fern (Fern)
Rare and difficult fern rarely available. Spreads by creeping rhizome with delicate umbrella shaped fronds.
Photo gallery:
This 'rare and difficult' fern has been thriving for the last 10 years along this driveway.
The uncurling fronds begin the advance to another tier of growth.
A frond beginning to reveal itself.
This healthy plant shows various stages of development, with uncurling fronds, partially open fronds and fully developed fronds.
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