Plant Name

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Asplenium scolopendrium (Syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium)

Common Name

Hart's Tongue Fern, Scollies

Fern Type

The Spleenworts.
 

Soil

Chalk, Limestone. It can occur on acidic sand.

Sun Aspect

Part Shade and Full Shade

Soil Moisture

Dry. Tolerant of Dry Shade.

Plant Type

Terrestrial Evergreen Fern

Height x Spread in feet

1.5 x 2

Foliage Colour and Shape/ Division

Irregular, shuttle-cock-like crowns of strap-shaped, leathery, glossy, bright green fronds

Frond Length

8-24 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 Read of Coblands Nurseries Ltd.

Available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd and Palmstead Nurseries Ltd.

See Hartstongue in the Wildflower Gallery.

Use of Fern

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