General Description | A rhizomatous, softly-textured evergreen fern with mid-green fronds and stalks covered in orange-brown scales. |
Shape | Clumping. |
Landscape | Ground cover, flower bed borders, underplanting of roses and shrubs or around cottages. |
Propagation | By sowing spores or division of rhizomes. |
Cultivation | Grow in part to full shade, in moist, well-drained, humus-rich slightly acidic soil. Protect from excess moisture in winter. |
Notable Specimens | VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
Bark/Stem Description | Stipes are covered in wide, pale orange-brown scales. |
Leaf Description | Pinnately divided fronds of small very serrated leaflets. Pointed fronds are 30 - 120 ⨉ 10 - 25 cm with pinnae up to 11 ⨉ 2.5 cm, up to 40 per side. Secondary divisions or pinnules have serrated margins. |
Colour Description | Greenish-red foliage. Greenish-red stems. |
Texture Description | Fronds have a soft feathery texture. |