Glade Fern

Homalosorus pycnocarpos - Glade Fern

Appearance of Glade fern

The fronds or fern leaves are long and narrow with feathery or lacy edges․ They are bright green and grow upward from around the crown․ The fronds can be up to 24 in long․

Growing Conditions

Maintenance

Usage in landscaping

It is a narrow-leaved fern that occurs in USDA zones three through eight․ Its name is derived from the Greek word diplasios, meaning double․

Common names for the fern include narrow-leaved spleenwort‚ silvery spleenwort‚ and atrium pycnocarpon․ The leaves or fronds are tall and skinny․ The fern may have five or six fronds‚ and it sometimes roots at the nodes in the underground stem‚ so it can form a colony during its lifetime․

Plant bare-root stock as soon as it arrives, in well-drained soil with full to partial sun unless noted otherwise above. Water deeply once a week during the first growing season to establish a strong root system.

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