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- Cyrtomium falcatum ‘Rochfordianum’
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 6a to 10b
- This plant is called Japanese holly fern for the lustrous, dark green and leathery hollylike leaves. Evergreen in Zone 8, holly ferns are accent and filler plants for the woodland shade garden. It prefers moist, well-drained soils and part- to heavy shade. An ideal site is under decks or on the north side of a home (but protect it from winter winds).
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- Fortunes Japanese Holly, Fortune’s Holly Fern
- Autumn Fern
- Ferns - Evergreen
- Growth Size: Medium Plant - 12 to 24 inches tall, 24 to 36 inches wide
- Growth Habit: Upright
- Features: Bold Texture-Shape, Screening
- Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant
- Attracts: Wildlife
- Garden Ideas:
- Shade, Woodland Shade
- Flower features:
- that bloom in
- Foliage type and color: Evergreen, Dark Green
- Landscape Uses: Naturalizing, Beds, Grouping, House plant
- Accent, Border, Container, Mass Planting, Ground Cover
- Japanese Holly Fern is a Low maintenance plant
- Growth Size: Medium Plant - 12 to 24 inches tall, 24 to 36 inches wide
- Growth Rate: Slow
- Spacing: 2-3 ft apart
- Exposure: Full Shade to Partial Shade
- Watering: Moist
- Soil Types: Moist, well-drained Enriched with organic matter
- General Plant Care: Garden debris needs to be cleaned away from the base of ferns periodically. Irrigation should be applied to roots and not fronds if possible.
- General Planting Tips: Ferns need both moisture and drainage. To improve drainage, work the soil well and deep with organic matter - compost, rotted leaves, coarse pine bark - raising the bed at least 3 inches above soil level. Ferns should be planted shallowly, taking care to keep the crown slightly above the surrounding soil. A small amount of time-release fertilizer can be applied when planting in spring, before the Application of a good, rich organic mulch 2inches deep will help keep the soil moist. Take care to keep the mulch away from the crown of the fern.
- General Fertilizing Tips: Ferns planted properly in soil rich with organic matter do not require supplemental fertilizer. Maintain the proper amount of organic matter by adding chopped leaves as a mulch around the plant each year.
- General Pruning suggestions: Not usually needed, best left unpruned
