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Cyathea felina
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Supplied in 75Ltypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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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.
Cyathea felina
Cyathea felina is one of the lesser known members of a genus of rainforest tree ferns, and it should be treated in the garden the way its relatives are: as a warm, humid, shade loving understorey plant that builds a fibrous trunk topped by a rosette of large divided fronds. Precise mature dimensions vary between collections, so it is best planted with room to develop rather than to a fixed figure. What is certain is what it needs, namely permanent soil moisture, high humidity, shelter from wind and no frost.
Why this Tree Fern
Vertical structure: A fibrous trunk lifts the frond crown clear of the ground, adding a storey to a shade garden.
Large divided fronds: Broad, deeply cut fronds give the coarse tropical texture that ferns at ground level cannot.
Understorey specialist: It occupies the shaded middle layer beneath canopy trees where flowering shrubs perform poorly.
Uncommon in cultivation: Rarely seen in Australian gardens, so it reads as a genuine collector's plant.
Living mulch of its own: The shed frond bases and fibrous trunk hold moisture and host epiphytes over time.
Ideal Applications
Tropical shade garden: Set beneath palms and canopy trees it fills the layer between groundcover and canopy.
Fernery: In a shadehouse or purpose built fernery it provides the vertical anchor for smaller ferns around it.
Sheltered pool surround: Positioned out of direct sun near water, the ambient humidity keeps the fronds in good condition.
Collector's grouping: Planted alongside other Cyathea species it contributes to a comparative tree fern collection.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): Not a screening plant. Space 1.5 to 2m apart for a grove
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2.5 to 3m where the trunk is to be displayed
Best Planting Season: Warm humid months, from late spring through to early autumn
Soil & Drainage: Deep, moist, humus rich and free draining. High humidity is essential and the plant is frost tender
Establishment Care: Water the trunk and crown as well as the root zone at least three times a week through the first year, since the trunk itself takes up a large share of the plant's moisture. Mulch heavily with leaf litter or aged compost, provide overhead shade and complete wind protection, and feed with weak liquid fertiliser through the growing season rather than granular products.
Plant Details
Height: 3 to 6m over many years in cultivation
Width: 2.5 to 3.5m frond spread
Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Shade to filtered light
Native to: Tropical rainforest regions of the Asia Pacific
Flower Colour: None, ferns reproduce by spores
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.







