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Product Description
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Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Blechnum
Botanical name: Blechnum tabulare
Common name: Table Mountain Fern
Origin: South Africa
Height: 1.5m
This is a magnificent cycad-like fern hailing from Table Mountain in South Africa. The frond leaflets (pinnae) are rather leathery and in time this species will produce up to a metre or so of 'trunk'. It will give you a wonderfully tropical feel on your shady patio or in a stumpery.
Genus: Blechnum
Botanical name: Blechnum tabulare
Common name: Table Mountain Fern
Origin: South Africa
Height: 1.5m
This is a magnificent cycad-like fern hailing from Table Mountain in South Africa. The frond leaflets (pinnae) are rather leathery and in time this species will produce up to a metre or so of 'trunk'. It will give you a wonderfully tropical feel on your shady patio or in a stumpery.
Although it is easily grown, Blechnum tabulare is not fully hardy in most of the UK.
Care: Over-winter in an unheated greenhouse, cold-frame or conservatory.
