species
Polystichum setiferum
Soft shield fern
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Polystichum setiferum belongs to the family Dryopteridaceae, also known as Soft shield fern, native to the UK. It reaches 1 m tall and 1.2 m across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or shade, on loam or chalk soil, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in moist or well drained 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
- 1 m tall × 1.2 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Loam, Chalk
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Native
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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