Life Span
Perennial
Type
Fern
Origin
Europe
Types
Asplenium nidus, Asplenium trichomanes, Asplenium rutamuraria
Number of Varieties
700
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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40000
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Habitat
Shady Edge, Woodland Garden Dappled Shade
USDA Hardiness Zone
6-8
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
8-6
Sunset Zone
-
Habit
Rosette/Stemless
Plant Size
Minimum Height
20.00 cm
Rank: 100 (Overall)
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3900
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Minimum Width
20.00 cm
Rank: 100 (Overall)
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6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
-
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Yellow green
Leaf Color in Summer
Yellow green
Leaf Color in Fall
Yellow green
Leaf Color in Winter
Yellow green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Narrow
Thorns
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No - Fern Garden Plants has it !
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Shade, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Medium
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Bloom Time
-
Repeat Bloomer
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No - Fern Garden Plants has it !
Tolerances
-
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Spores
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
In Summer
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Shade, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, fertilize in summer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
-
Flowers
✔
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No - Fern Garden Plants has it !
Flower Petal Number
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
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✘
No - Fern Garden Plants has it !
Edible Fruit
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No - Fern Garden Plants has it !
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
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No - Fern Garden Plants has it !
Fragrant Fruit
✔
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No - Fern Garden Plants has it !
Fragrant Leaf
✔
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2% - Fern Garden Plants
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
No - Fern Garden Plants has it !
Showy Foliage
✔
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98% - Fern Garden Plants have it !
Showy Bark
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2% - Fern Garden Plants
Foliage Texture
Bold
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
Evergreen
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5% - Fern Garden Plants
Invasive
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No - Fern Garden Plants has it !
Self-Sowing
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25% - Fern Garden Plants
Attracts
Butterflies
Allergy
Toxic
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
Good for skin and hair
Edible Uses
Insignificant
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Provides ground cover
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Astringent, Cholagogue, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Expectorant, Vulnerary
Part of Plant Used
Leaves
Other Uses
Cosmetics, Used as Ornamental plant, useful as a ground cover
Used As Indoor Plant
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41% - Fern Garden Plants
Used As Outdoor Plant
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All - Fern Garden Plants have it !
Garden Design
Foundation, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
ASPLENIUM scolopendrium
Common Name
Hart’s Tongue Fern
In Hindi
Burnt Weed
Plant
In German
Burnt Weed
Pflanze
In French
Weed Burnt
Plante
In Spanish
Weed quemado
Planta
In Greek
Burnt ζιζανίων
Φυτό
In Portuguese
Weed Burnt
Plantar
In Polish
spalony Weed
Roślina
In Latin
Holocaustum Weed
planta
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Pteridophyta
Class
Filicopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Aspleniaceae
Genus
Asplenium
Clade
Eupolypods II
Tribe
-
Subfamily
-
Number of Species
700
Rank: 36 (Overall)
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27800
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