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Deer Fern (Blechnum Spicant) – 1 Gallon Pot
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Deer Fern
Blechnum spicant
Other Names:Â Hard Fern
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-8b  Find Your Zone
Plant Type:Â Evergreen Perennial
Height at Maturity:Â 12-18″
Width at Maturity:Â 18-24″
Spacing:Â 24″ for mass plantings; 3’+ for space between plants
Spacing:Â 24″ for mass plantings; 3’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form:Â Upright, Arching, Clumping
Growth Rate:Â Moderate
Flower Color: Â None
Flower Size:Â NA
Flowering Period:Â NA
Flower Type:Â NA
Fragrant Flowers:Â NA
Foliage Color:Â Light Green and Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage:Â No
Berries:Â Â No
Berry Color:Â NA
Sun Needs:Â Full Shade or Part Shade, Morning Sun With Afternoon ShadeÂ
Water Needs:Â Â Average
Soil Type:Â Â Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amend quick draining soil to retain moisture), SiltÂ
Soil Moisture / Drainage:Â Moist But Well Drained
Soil pH:Â 5.0 to 6.5 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care:Â Low
Attracts:Â Visual Attention
Resistances:Â Cold Temperatures (-20F), Deer –Â more info, Disease, Insect, Rabbits, Shade, Moist Soil
Description
A native of North America and Europe, and given the prestigious Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society, Blechnum spicant, commonly called Deer Fern or Hard Fern, is a distinctive and elegant beauty with two different types of fronds on the same plant. One type are the evergreen sterile fronds up to 2 feet long that are stiff, leathery, pinnatifid and dark green, forming a loose outward-spreading, flattened rosette on the ground as the season progresses. Fertile fronds up to 2 feet long are located in an erect vertical fountain in the center of the sterile frond rosette. They are similar to the sterile ones but maybe a little taller, with much thinner and widely separated leaflets. This shade-lover is excellent for shady woodland gardens or borders or streambanks.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 18 to 24 inches tall and equally as wide, the Deer Fern is a wonderful, elegant plant ideal for use as an accent in small garden spaces or containers or groupings and mass plantings in shady to partially shady woodland gardens and home foundation plantings where the soil tends to stay moist. A fine addition to fern gardens, shade and woodland gardens rain gardens and streambank gardens.Â
Growing Preferences
The Deer Fern grows best in a humusy, acidic, moist but well-drained soil in part shade to full shade. Avoid direct afternoon sunlight
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water perennial ferns.
How To Plant Perennial Ferns
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