Maidenhair Fern- Adiantum pedatum Z 2-8

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: Northern maidenhair fern
• Type: Fern Family: Pteridaceae
• Zone: 3 to 8
• Height: 1.00 to 2.50 feet Spread: 1.00 to 1.50 feet
• Part shade to full shade
• Water: Medium
• Tolerate: Heavy Shade Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in part shade to full shade.
• Prefers moist, humusy, acidic soils in full shade. Spreads slowly by creeping, branching rhizomes to form large colonies over time.
• Northern maidenhair fern is a deciduous, clump-forming, Missouri native fern which typically grows 1.5 to 2' tall
• Most frequently found on rich wooded slopes, ravine bottoms and damp shady woods.
• Features finely-textured, somewhat frilly fronds which have curved stalks and are palmately-divided (i.e., fronds divide into finger-like projections).
• Wiry stems are reddish-brown to black. Crosiers (coiled young fiddleheads) emerge pink in spring.