species
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Shuttlecock fern
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Matteuccia struthiopteris belongs to the family Onocleaceae, also known as Shuttlecock fern, introduced to the UK. It reaches 1.5 m tall and 1 m across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or shade, on loam, peat or clay soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or poorly drained conditions, and suits sheltered positions. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.5 m tall × 1 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Loam, Peat, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist, Poorly drained
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Introduced
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