Ferns, Mushrooms, Fungi and Mosses: Cyathea cooperi or Hapu'u, 1 by rjuddharrison

rjuddharrison wrote:
Do either of you know how long it takes for the c. cooperis to gain heigth? My fern sort of shifted gears this year and has new growth charactoristics. I bought this 3 years ago at home depot - it was stuffed in a corner all scragly looking. I planted it by the pond, but removed it over the first winter and decided to leave it in the ground permanantly after that winter. It survived a hard freeze oddly enough and it began growing the fronds almost straight up, instead of the usual out and horizontal. It's doubled in size from last year. Having no experience with them, just want to see if this is usual. I am suspecting that after a certain stage they become more hardy and excelerate in the growth pattern?
Thanks,
Rj