This incredibly dramatic tree fern has fronds with silvery white undersides and lustrous green above. This lovely tree fern has long fronds with black stipes and a black trunk. A nice fern with a thick trunk and a large crown of arching fronds. A nice tree fern with a thick stem and a large, arching crown of dark green leathery fronds. Slender trunk with dark, shiny, prickly, arching deep green fronds up to 2meters in length.
New fronds have a nice colourful bronzey tint.
These form into a colony of crowns over time. Old plants develop a stout short trunk up to 90cm tall. Seems easy to please and fast growing. Upright fertile fronds are produced and displayed in the center of the crown. We offer large crowns of this rarely offered New Zealand fern with bluish green leathery fronds.