species
Blechnum spicant
Hard fern
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Blechnum spicant belongs to the family Blechnaceae, also known as Hard fern, native to the UK. It reaches 50 cm tall and 60 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or shade, on peat or loam soil, where the ground is acid and in moist conditions, and suits sheltered positions. It is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 50 cm tall × 60 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Peat, Loam
- Acidity
- Acid
- Moisture
- Moist
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Native
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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