Plant Name

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Osmunda regalis

Common Name

Royal Fern, Flowering Fern

Fern Type

Primitive Ferns and Fern Oddities
 

Soil

Acidic Clay humus-rich

Sun Aspect

Part Shade

Soil Moisture

Wet

Plant Type

Terrestrial Deciduous Fern

Height x Spread in feet

6 x 12

Foliage Colour and Shape/ Division

A fibrous rootstock bears dense clumps of triangular-ovate-pinnate, bright green sterile fronds. In summer, partially fertile fronds, to 6 feet long, have tassel-like tips, with brown or rust-coloured sporangia covering the much smaller pinnae.

Frond Length

12-120 inches

Comment

A majestic fern which grows in wet soils usually on the margins of permanent water. Plants form a dense clump of fresh green fronds and are adaptable to a variety of soil types.

See Royal Fern in the Wildflower Gallery.

Use of Fern

• Ferns suitable for Outdoor Containers
• Ferns for Wet Soils
• Cold-Hardy Ferns

Grow in a damp border, or at the margins of a pond or stream.