Polysticum polyblepharumm Fern - “Tassel” ID# 419

Polysticum polyblepharumm

Fern - “Tassel”

ID# 419

Stonehenge

Perennial

Zone: 5 - 8

Date: June 2013 (20 plants)

Location: Front yard, along entrance walkway scatter from garage to front door.

Additional Information: Purchase at: Provided by Presicion Turfscape (Mike Leeper)

Stonehenge

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 1.5-2 ft x 1.5-2 ft

PLANT TYPE: listed as evergreen, but so far NO.
GROWTH RATE: fast

TEXTURE: Medium

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: dislikes hot humid summer. Fronds turn brown in the heat summer. Growing resumes when weather cools towards fall.
Late to appear in spring compared to other ferns.

A year cycle in the life of ...... at Stonehenge

Mature plants (20) planted during initial landscape.
-Plants did well first summer, however, frond turn brown in high heat.
-Late in growth at spring time, few plants by mid June are still without a single frond but they do not act dead (?). Other ferns as Ostrich so far appear more suitable for this garden. Plants do not stay green in winter.

Tassel fern is an evergreen fern that is native to Japan and southern Korea. It features shiny, bipinnate, dark green fronds (to 1-2’ long) with finely divided but overlapping pinnae. It grows in an outward-spreading, vase-shaped clump to 24” tall and 24” wide.

Crown rot may occur in poorly drained soils, particularly in winter.

June 2014

Need fern photo!