Easy fern, especially in a hanging basket. Grows vigorously in a high quality potting soild like Pro-Mix BX. In the summer my plants ge...Read Moret sun until about 11:30 and get watered daily, but are also very drought tolerant. In the winter they go into a cold greenhouse where they regularly experience night time temperatures in the high thirties and get watered when dry.
There are many variegated and crested forms from Japan, but most are expensive and difficult to obtain. A few specialty nurseries carry a handful of cultivars. One of the easiest and most rewarding ferns.
This fern seems to be very happy here in zone 8b...in fact, it has gotten to the point that it's spreading into a monkey grass border and...Read More even coming up between the bricks of a garden walkway! It also took in stride a series of three nights this past January when it got down to 19-20 degrees, which is sort of unusual for this far south.
Not an easy fern..very sensitive to overwatering at the roots.Plants bought from greenhouse growers will rot in the growers own mix when ...Read Moregrown in a cool climate. Better here in the bay area to plant in orchid bark, on logs or lava rock in shade(THAT looks great!) rather than soil. Many forms of this fern-from dwarf to frilly.
Easy fern, especially in a hanging basket. Grows vigorously in a high quality potting soild like Pro-Mix BX. In the summer my plants ge...Read More
This fern seems to be very happy here in zone 8b...in fact, it has gotten to the point that it's spreading into a monkey grass border and...Read More
Not an easy fern..very sensitive to overwatering at the roots.Plants bought from greenhouse growers will rot in the growers own mix when ...Read More
Native to Taiwan, Japan, China (including Hong Kong), India, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, and Vietnam.
Great spreading small fern ideal for baskets and ground cover. Just keep out of hot sun.