Very similar in appearance and cultural needs to cinnamon fern (O. cinnamomea) except for the distinctively "interrupted" fronds, which h...Read Moreave short-lived fertile leaflets over the middle third of the stipe.
Native to temperate North America and Asia, it is supposed to be a slowly spreading clump. The fertile leaflets, bearing the spores, appe...Read Morear in the middle of the fronds, turn brown, fall off, and leave a vacant area, thus the common name of "interrupted."
What is so nice about this fern is it doesn't spread like some of the others so if you just want a certain amount around the garden that ...Read Moreis what it gives you. Some of your tall ferns are so aggressive .Not This One I have had the same three for eight years still look the same I don't pay any special attention to them at all and they seem fin.
This species doesn't multiply itself under normal garden conditions - when established it lasts even dry spells. It names comes from the ...Read Morefact that it start with sterile fronds then changed to fertile fronds then back to sterile frond the further up a stem you go thus the interruption in the sterile fronds.
El Sobrante, CA (Zone 9b) | October 2007 | neutral
Native to Canada (Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec), the eastern-half of the...Read More United States (Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia), Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China.
Listed as a threatened species in the state of Arkansas, and as exploitably vulnerable in the state of New York.
Very similar in appearance and cultural needs to cinnamon fern (O. cinnamomea) except for the distinctively "interrupted" fronds, which h...Read More
Native to temperate North America and Asia, it is supposed to be a slowly spreading clump. The fertile leaflets, bearing the spores, appe...Read More
What is so nice about this fern is it doesn't spread like some of the others so if you just want a certain amount around the garden that ...Read More
This species doesn't multiply itself under normal garden conditions - when established it lasts even dry spells. It names comes from the ...Read More
Native to Canada (Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec), the eastern-half of the...Read More
Just an interesting note about this plant. Its roots are used as a growing medium for orchids and other epiphytes.
It i...Read More