Cibotium Species, Mexican Tree Fern

It does pretty good up here on the NorCal coast with a little protection.
One thing I've noticed that is never a problem with othe...Read Morer tree ferns is the deer up here eat C. schiedei leaves. Since C. schiedei grows in a clump and does not get much hight too fast it's right there where the deer can easily eat it. It does grow fast though, loves the cool wet weather we get up here.

A unrooted,no frond,hunk of C.schiedei grew roots and even sent out a crozier through the freeze of 07. Like many tree ferns sold in Cali...Read Morefornia, it's not our winters but the low humidity summers with heat waves that are the killing seasons.
2008: I have found that growth can increased tremendously by using regular doses of fertilizer. This fern gets more beautiful every year including up close as the trunk becomes covered in golden red hairs.It also barely qualifies as a tree fern as the trunk tends to send out many suckers. Also, one of the best tree ferns to keep potted forever, you will ever find. A very atypical tree fern.

Nice looking clumping tree fern with very long fronds and covered with golden, soft hairs. This fern is one of the softest ferns I have ...Read Morefelt... most ferns look soft, but aren't... this one is. This fern doesn't like to be dry, though, and wilts quickly in hot, dry heat. However, just kept moist it does great and looks great. Good fern for So Cal.