{"id":3670,"date":"2020-12-14T20:44:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T17:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetreefern.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3670"},"modified":"2023-11-04T19:00:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T19:00:48","slug":"cyathea-australis-alsophila","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/thetreefern.com\/en\/helecho-arborescente\/cyathea-australis-alsophila\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyathea australis &#8211; Alsophila australis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Alsophila australis<\/em><\/strong> is an Australian tree fern that grows a thick and robust trunk. It can exceed 12 metres in height, but its growth is more moderate compared to species from the genus <em>Sphaeropteris,<\/em> such as <em>Sphaeropteris cooperi.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It has rough petioles with small, conical spines, which is why it is known as a rough tree fern. This tree fern is hardy: it can lose its leaves in cold weather at the end of winter, but it will develop new fronds when temperatures rise; it tolerates sunny exposures, but it is preferable to protect it from the warmest hours of the day, so a sunny exposure throughout the morning hours is ideal.<\/p>\n<p>It is a popular species in landscaping projects and common on the market, except for one very important fact: most of the plants labelled <em>Alsophila australis<\/em> in nurseries are actually <em>Sphaeropteris cooperi,<\/em> as is the case with the vast majority of species for sale.<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Learn more about <\/strong>Alsophila australis<\/em> &#8211; <em>Cyathea australis<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>We have written a page for you to learn everything there is to know about this species here: Cyathea australis &#8211; Alsophila australis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*The photographs with the potted ferns are our own, done with our plants, but there may be variation from one specimen to another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Cyathea australis<\/em>,<\/strong> or <em>Alsophila australis<\/em>, is a tree fern that is highly appreciated in landscaping. It is hardy, large, and has a moderate growth rate, exceeding 30 cm in diameter at its base. It tolerates drier and sunnier exposures than most tree ferns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[177],"product_tag":[185,181],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetreefern.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetreefern.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetreefern.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetreefern.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thetreefern.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3772,"href":"https:\/\/thetreefern.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3670\/revisions\/3772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetreefern.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetreefern.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetreefern.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3670"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetreefern.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}