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Picture courtesy of the Hardy Fern Foundation
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Christmas ferns or Polystichum acrostichoides have leathery, dark green, lance-shaped leaflets. Christmas ferns are useful in dried arrangements. Plant Christmas ferns in humus-rich, loamy, moist but well-drained soil in part to full shade. Christmas ferns will tolerate a fair amount of sunlight if the soil is kept reasonably moist. Divide plants in spring.
Christmas ferns are clump forming and can be divided in spring, replanting the rhizomes just below the soil.
Landscape uses: Christmas ferns make wonderful accents in the shade garden. Plant them with hostas, astilbe, bleeding hearts, foam flowers (Tiarella), lungworts (Pulmonaria), Tradescantia, and Tricyrtis.
Shipping Size: #1's, Orange size tubor, BARE ROOT properly packaged for freshness.
Available for Fall Shipping
Picture courtesy of the Hardy Fern Foundation
Planting Bare Root Ferns
Ferns grow mostly in lightly shaded to full shade areas. They prefer moist, rich
humus soil with a slightly acidic pH (5.3 to 5.5 pH range). Sphagnum peat moss
is good to add to the soil for holding moisture and will add some acid to the soil as it decomposes.
The hole should not only be large enough to hold the frond, but allowing at least an inch or two from the top of the frond to the top of the hole. The smaller ferns, such as Maidenhair, can be planted about 18 to 24 inches apart. Ostrich, Christmas and
Royal Ferns grow larger and should be planted no closer than 24 inches apart.
Top with a good layer of mulch (shredded bark mulch, aged compost or aged manure mix) or a light layer of straw for added moisture and to keep the ground cool. Water
as needed to keep the soil moist.
As the ground warms in late spring, the fronds will begin sprouting.
The question will often come up as to which end is up on the tubers. Sometimes
the tip is visual on the top portion and other times there will be root hairs extending from the bottom. If in doubt, the tuber can be planted in a sideways position.
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