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Dicksonia fibrosa
Also called Wheki Ponga
Golden tree fern is a slow-growing, medium-sized tree fern from New Zealand with a thick, fibrous trunk and a skirt of dead fronds. Grow it in cool, humid, sheltered spots with shade and steady moisture, and protect it from hard frost.
Dicksonia fibrosa, the golden tree fern, whekī-ponga, wheki-kōnga, or kurīpākā (in Māori) is a species of medium-sized tree fern native to New Zealand. It is similar to the related Dicksonia antarctica in that it is slow-growing and can withstand sub-zero temperatures.
D. fibrosa can be found in the South Island, Chatham Islands, and in the North Island, but is uncommon north of the Waikato River and Coromandel Peninsula. It is rare on Stewart Island.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dicksonia fibrosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
