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Leatherwood Fern
5-2' (infrequently to 3') tall. The evergreen fronds are very attractive and provide good interest to the winter landscape. Leatherwood Ferns features grayish-green, deeply cut, leathery fronds (15-20" long). These ferns prefer loamy moist soils, and do best in cool position in the garden, so avoid the afternoon sun. This is a woodland fern which is most often found in shaded crevices of rocky ledges and bluffs. The Leatherwood Fern or Marginal Shield Fern is an evergreen fern which typically forms a non-spreading, vase-shaped clump to 1. Sori are located at the edges or margins of the pinnule undersides, hence the common name. ... more
American Maidenhair Fern Crosiers (coiled young fiddleheads) emerge pink in spring. 5 to 2' tall and is most frequently found on rich wooded slopes, ravine bottoms and damp shady woods. The attractive foliage is showcased in container plantings, foundation plantings, and groundcovers. , fronds divide into finger-like projections). This fern is a perennial and is deciduous in colder climates. It features finely-textured, somewhat frilly fronds which have curved stalks and are palmately-divided (i. The American Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum pedatum, is a deciduous, clump-forming fern which typically grows 1. Wiry stems are reddish-brown to black. American Maidenhair Ferns prefer moist, shady conditions, but will grow in sunnier spots if kept moist. The Maidenhair will grow in colder areas if the plant has good air circulation. |
