Today's video is about spring care for Dicksonia antartica tree ferns, with tips on frost protection, feeding and watering for growing these beautiful plants in your U.K. tropical style or exotic garden. I also discuss care tips for new tree fern trunks, potted tree ferns and also young ferns which might require a bit of TLC. Hopefully these tips help your tree fern, whether it’s in a pot, container or the ground and we get to enjoy the spectacle of new fronds flushing in the spring sun very soon.
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0:00 Intro
0:22 Tree fern conditions & realities following UK winter frosts, snow & storms
1:45 Dicksonia antartica winter & spring crown frost protection
3:35 Protecting tree fern new growth from late spring frosts
5:23 Feeding Dicksonia antartica tree ferns in spring - fertilisers & soil improvements
8:14 Watering tree ferns in spring - automatic irrigation & preventing narrowing crowns & small fronds
10:56 Should you chop off green or brown old tree fern fronds?
12:44 Spring care for new tree fern logs UK, young tree ferns and potted ferns
13:23 Frost protection and care tips for young Dicksonia antartica tree fern plants
15:03 Care tips & advice for when you buy new tree fern Dicksonia antartica trunks UK
17:11 Spring care tips for tree ferns in pots & containers - winter frost care, watering & feeding
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