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Cinnamon Fern growing in a garden

How to grow cinnamon fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

When to plant cinnamon fern

Cinnamon fern is a moisture-loving fern whose fertile, cinnamon-brown spore fronds appear in early spring as the fiddleheads emerge. Set out new plants in spring; it is slow to establish but long-lived and may go dormant if the soil dries out.

Cinnamon 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
36 to 72 in apart
Sun
Partial sun
Soil pH
4.5 to 6

Sources

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