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Silver Lady Fern
Blechnum gibbum ‘Silver Lady’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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Supplied in 400mm
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Silver Lady Fern - Blechnum gibbum ‘Silver Lady’
‘Silver Lady’ is a dwarf tree fern that behaves like a large tidy shuttlecock: glossy finely divided fronds radiate in an almost perfect circle from a central crown, and over years a slim dark trunk lifts that crown clear of the ground. Because Blechnum gibbum stays around waist to chest height, it gives the tree fern effect in courtyards and light wells where a Cyathea would quickly outgrow the space. It is frost tender and wants shelter, moisture and filtered light.
Why Silver Lady Fern
Symmetrical rosette: Fronds sit at even spacing around the crown, giving an almost architectural regularity.
Slim trunk: A narrow black fibrous stem develops with age, taking up almost no ground space.
Contained size: It tops out around 1.5m, which is the whole reason to choose it over a true tree fern.
Glossy fronds: Bright green and reflective, which lifts a dark shaded corner.
Constant renewal: New fronds flush regularly through the warm months, so the crown stays fresh.
Ideal Applications
Shaded courtyard beds: Reliable in the permanent shade between buildings and fences.
Entry and light well pots: Holds form in a container beside a door or in a covered atrium.
Under established canopy: Sits beneath palms and rainforest trees in the filtered light layer.
Frost free poolside: Adds tropical texture close to water where humidity suits it.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 0.8 to 1m for a massed planting
Spacing (feature/avenue): 1.2 to 1.5m
Best Planting Season: Spring and summer once nights are mild
Soil & Drainage: Humus rich, moisture retentive and free draining, slightly acid; never allow the root zone to dry out
Establishment Care: Keep the soil evenly damp year round and water into the base rather than filling the crown, which can rot in cool weather. Mulch with fine composted bark or leaf litter, shelter it completely from frost and from hot dry wind, and in Melbourne or Adelaide grow it in a protected microclimate or a pot that can be moved.
Plant Details
Height: 1 to 1.5m including the trunk at maturity
Width: 1 to 1.5m frond spread
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Filtered light or part shade; full sun bleaches and burns the fronds
Native to: Fiji and nearby islands of the south west Pacific
Flower Colour: Non-flowering; it reproduces by spores carried on narrow fertile fronds
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







