Shiny Bristle Fern is a slow-growing erect semi-evergreen fern with very stiff and shiny triangular dark green fronds. The fronds emerge late in spring but hold on late into fall. Best color in part shade and rich, acidic and moist well-drained soils.
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1.5' - 2' |
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1.5' - 2' |
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1.5' |
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7 - 9 |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Do not let soils dry out. No serious pest or diseases.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Ponds and Streams, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Tea Berry, Alumroot, Azalea
IMAGE: peganum from Small Dole, England, Arachniodes davalliaeformis - Flickr - peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0, (2) Photos by PennState Flower Trials, Fern Arachniodes davalliaeformis 'Shiny Bristle Fern'
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown
