Plant Details
Adiantum pedatum
Five-fingered or American Maidenhair Fern
Exposure:
Shade
Plant Category:
Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, Etc.
Height:
Minimum 12 inches, Maximum 30 inches
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A graceful yet vigorous fern that bears delicate leaflets on fingerlike branchlets that radiate outward from the top of the frond stalks. Thrives in moist shade, where its creeping rhizomes eventually form a colony. Semi evergreen where winters are mild. AGM winner.
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4 Nurseries Carry This Plant:
| Name | City/State | Phone | Prod Type | Availability | |
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| Beaverlake Nursery | Beavercreek, OR | Email now | 503-632-4787 | Bare Root: X Container: 3 Cut: X Liner: 3 Seedling: X | |
| Eshraghi Nursery | Hillsboro, OR | Email now | 503-628-8685 | Container: 1 |
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| Harold M. Miller Landscape Nursery | Jefferson, OR | Email now | 503-399-1599 | Container: 1 | |
| Sevenoaks Native Nursery LLC | Albany, OR | Email now | 541-757-6520 | Container: 2 |
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Comments
Submitted by Ref: Plantlust.com on 11/8/2012 4:19 PM
Deciduous.With lances haped fronds that can get up to 14" long, this fern reaches 12-20" in height. These fronds reach out on glossy, dark brown to black stalks. A beautiful textural contrast to your other shade plants. Native to NE America.
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Submitted by Ref: Plantlust.com on 11/8/2012 4:19 PM
A choice ; exquisite plant (G.S.Thomas), this dainty native (to 1') with its shiny black stem ; delicate fan-shaped frond, deserves a place in any woodland garden. PSh-Sh/Med-Wet
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