Hi I recently bought a Juvenile Dicksonia which doesn't have a trunk, Is it better to overwinter the plant in an unheated greenhouse until spring (and keep it moist by watering every two weeks)?
Where do you live? How mild are your winters? probably safer to over winter it this winter in a greenhouse. If it gets very cold you may need to protect it.
I live in central Scotland where it can get really cold, I do have older dicksonia's which have a trunk and I wrap them up with straw, fleece and jute sacks which protect them pretty well in a sheltered spot in my garden I grow these in pots. How would you protect the juvenile plant in the greenhouse ?
I lived in the North of England when mine was young and I put a ring of wire netting round it, packed hay all round it and also put hay over the crown held down with a stone. Mine survived several winters like that till it had a trunk
I think I would put in my green house with straw and netting around it but would I water it too to keep the plant moist every two weeks or try and keep the plant dormant like you would do with the others with trunks ?
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How mild are your winters?
probably safer to over winter it this winter in a greenhouse.
If it gets very cold you may need to protect it.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...