How to grow christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
When to plant christmas fern
Christmas fern is an evergreen shade fern whose silvery fiddleheads emerge in spring; it spreads very slowly. NC State's recommended way to propagate it is by division, so set out plants or divisions in spring as new growth appears.
Christmas Fern is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Spacing
- 12 to 36 in apart
- Sun
- Shade
- Soil pH
- 4.5 to 6
Sources
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