Light Requirements: Part Shade/Full Shade
Soil Moisture: medium to dry
Bloom Color: No bloom
Bloom Time: No Bloom
Height: 1-2 ft.
Root Structure: Rhizomatous, but will not spread or naturalize.
Deer Resistant? Yes
Black Walnut resistant? Not Sure
Grown from local seed? No
Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
From $6.00Sale Price
I’m a native of New York state and Tompkins County.
My clumps will continue to increase in size.
My fronds are evergreen, so I bring nice winter interest to your garden.
I’m green at Christmas, which is one of the reasons for my common name, but I also have stocking shaped pinnae (segments of my leaves) that are reminiscent of Christmas stockings and also a fine way to identify me.
Songbirds use me for ground cover in the winter.