Cyathea cooperi

Cyathea cooperi (Australian Tree Fern) - A fast-growing single trunked tall and elegant tree fern with long spreading fronds which creates a wonderful canopy. The Australian Tree Fern is sure to add a tropical rainforest feel to your garden.

Next to a Cyathea cooperi on the roadside.

Tree Ferns thrive here in the San Francisco Bay Area fogbelt gardens, but their water needs may rule them out in new gardens should our winters continue to be dry. These are three different species of less common Dicksonia, sellowiana from Mexico to Brazil, and two from New Zealand, squarrosa and fibrosa, with a statuesque 40 to 50 year old Cyathea cooperi in the mix. By David Feix, vF 11-19-22

Fast-growing, award-winning Cyathea cooperi (Australian Tree Fern) is an evergreen tree fern with a very attractive terminal rosette of gracefully arching, lacy, emerald-green fronds, up to 13 ft. long (4 m). The new fronds or 'fiddleheads' are particularly beautiful, curled up with a delicate covering of silky hairs. The undersides of the mature fronds are covered with dusty brown sori aligned in rows. The slender, pale trunk is patterned with contiguous oval scars from older fronds…

If you're creating a 'Jurassic Jungle' in your garden, then look no further than this giant tree fern! Cyathea cooperi is an attractive, quick-growing tree fern that will swiftly form a spectacular specimen. The fresh fronds emerge as large, densely coiled crosiers, smothered in silky hairs. They unfurl to reveal long fronds, held on sturdy, hairy stems, which form a striking crown of soft green, feather-like foliage. Cyathea cooperi isn't hardy so will need to be kept in frost-free…

Cyathea cooperi

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Cyathea Cooperi Ribeiro Frio Madeira. Photo by Steven A Brown

Mount Worth State Park, Victoria, Australia