About
This tender evergreen fern reaches heights of approximately 60 cm. It features black stems and triangular fronds that have rounded to triangular lobed segments. The fronds start as a pale green and deepen in color as they mature.
About the genus
Adiantum consists of ferns that may be either deciduous or evergreen, characterized by lustrous black stems. These ferns typically feature fronds that are either simple or, more commonly, divided pinnately. The individual segments can be fan-shaped, oblong, or rounded, and they produce spores beneath reflexed marginal flaps.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Soil type
- Loam
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, North-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H1C
Plant details
- Plant type
- Ferns, Conservatory Greenhouse, Houseplants
- Habit
- Clump forming, Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Hanging basket, Houseplants, Sub-tropical
- Native to
- Tropical America: W Indies
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow as a house or conservatory plant indoors in a peat-free houseplant compost. Position the container in bright, indirect light with good ventilation. Water freely and apply a half strength, general liquid feed monthly from mid spring to late summer. Provide high humidity by placing the container on a tray of moist gravel or pebbles. Water sparingly in winter. See how to grow ferns as houseplants for further information
- Pruning
- Plant requires little pruning other than the removal of dead leaves
- Propagation
- Propagate by sowing spores as soon as ripe at a minimum of 21°C, or propagate by division of the rhizomes in early spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to scale insects
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free