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Mother Fern

Mother Fern

Asplenium bulbiferum

herbaceousβ›… part shadeπŸ’§πŸ’§ moderate water❄ Hardy: Zone 9a – Zone 11b

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An attractive evergreen fern with delicate, feathery fronds that produces small bulbils (baby plantlets) along the leaf surfaces. These plantlets eventually drop and can be propagated to create new plants, earning it the common name Mother Fern.

Overview

Form
mounding clumps of feathery fronds
Growth Rate
moderate
Size
1–2.5β€² tall Γ— 1–2β€² wide
Dormancy
evergreen
Family
Aspleniaceae

Native Range

New Zealand

Seasonality

Season of Interest

SpringSummerFallWinter

Companion Planting

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