General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Fern
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Plant Height: 6 - 12 inches
Plant Spread: 8 - 15 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Spores
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon

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Common names
  • Alpine Water Fern
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Austroblechnum penna-marina subsp. alpina
  • Synonym: Blechnum penna-marina subsp. alpina

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-11-10

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