Plant Name

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Asplenium scolopendrium 'Cristatum'

Common Name

Cultivar of Hart's Tongue, Scollies

Fern Type

The Spleenworts.
 

Soil

Chalk, Limestone. It can occur on acidic sand.

Sun Aspect

Part Shade and Full Shade

Soil Moisture

Dry. Can tolerate Dry Shade.

Plant Type

Terrestrial Evergreen Fern

Height x Spread in feet

2 x 2.5

Foliage Colour and Shape/ Division

The glossy mid green fronds divide many times and each division ends in a spreading crest

Frond Length

24-32 inches

Comment

Plants are excellent for pot culture in a lime fortified mix or in a rock garden where they appreciate an annual topdressing of lime.

Photos from Bird of Coblands Nurseries Ltd.

Available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd

Use of Fern

• Cold-Hardy Ferns
• Ferns found on Limestone or Basic Soils (Calciphiles)