Nearing the end of season pics

Looks fabulous Al.

I reckon you need to add a couple of Solanum laciniatum and Nicotiana sylvestris next year

 

You've done a great job Al n...your garden really does look fabulous

 

Al,
Looks great.

I think the Tree Fern will be happier in the ground and grow much better. You can always wrap it up and give it some protection over winter.
If you look at the top of the stem of your one, you can see that the growth is much thinner than the lower parts of the stem.

 

I think that can also be a side effect of them being flat-cut for shipping. Normally the stipes move outwards as they age so they are "sideways" when they die off, but flat-cut they get rigamortis :( and get in the way of new emerging stipes.

I gave mine a "dome haircut" when they first arrived to try to give the emerging fronds more space.

 

I actually love the fern in the pot, it may be planted in the future eventually though.