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Fern Cinnamon Fern-Osmunda cinnamomea Zone 3-9
Fern Cinnamon Fern-Osmunda cinnamomea Zone 3-9
 
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Cinnamon Fern- Osmunda cinnamomea Zone 3-9

We grow and sell in these sizes: Starter Plug, Quart, 1-Gal, and Full Gal at various times of the year.

  • Species Native to Missouri Common Name: cinnamon fern
  • Type: Fern Family: Osmundaceae
  • Zone: 3 to 9
  • Height: 2.00 to 3.00 feet Spread: 2.00 to 3.00 feet
  • Sun: Part shade to full shade Water: Medium to wet
  • Low Tolerance to Rabbit
  • Heavy Shade Easily grown in medium to wet soils in part shade to full shade. Prefers moist, rich, humusy, acidic soils, but adapts to lesser conditions.
  • Cinnamon fern is a Missouri native fern which occurs in moist, boggy ground along streams and on shaded ledges and bluffs, primarily in the eastern Ozark region
  • Typically grows in clumps to 2-3' tall, but with constant moisture can reach 5' in height.
  • Separate spore-bearing, stiff, fertile fronds appear in early spring, quickly turning brown.
  • The familiar "fiddleheads" also emerge from the base of the plant and unfurl into large, erect, pinnately-compound, yellowish-green, sterile fronds (2-4' long) which remain attractive throughout the summer and turn yellow in autumn.
  • The common name of this plant is in reference to the cinnamon colored fibers found near the frond bases.
  • Osmunda fiber used in the potting of orchids comes from the roots of these ferns.

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