Polysticum acrostichoides

Fern - “Christmas”

                                     ID#  261

 
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HEIGHT X SPREAD: 1-2 ft x 1-2 ft PLANT TYPE: semi evergreen GROWTH RATE: fast TEXTURE: fine LIGHT: full to part shade WATER: moist. Medium to wet SOIL: loomy, rich
As observed in Eastern NC. BLOOMS: N/A FRUIT AND SEED: N/A KEY FEATURES: plants provide some greenery during the winter months. They do not spread underground but crown increases in size over time.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Stonehenge Mature plants transplanted from Noerl Rd. Gardens in indianpolis, IN -Plants have come back every year in spite of the multiple floods & hurricanes this orpery experiences.

Christmas fern is a Missouri native fern which occurs in both dry and moist wooded slopes, moist banks and ravines. Typically grows in a fountain-like clump to 2' tall and features leathery, lance-shaped, evergreen (green at Christmas time as the common name suggests) fronds.

This fern will not spread or naturalize, however clumps will increase in size over time.

June 2014

Need fern photo!

Need fern photo!

Need fern photo!

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