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Onoclea sensibilis
Sensitive Fern Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Sensitive Fern has fronds that are broadly triangular with lobed leaflets. The fertile fronds are very different from the sterile fronds, forming what look like stiff, upright elongated clusters of dry beads. The fern gets its name because the yellow fall fronds shrivel and turn brown after the first good frost. Sensitive Fern grows naturally over a very wide range - from Labrador to Florida, in damp places. Give it a damp, lightly shaded spot and it will easily thrive for you, naturalizing by creeping rhizomes into an attractive deciduous ground cover about 2 feet tall. It would be lovely growing as a ground cover with Spicebush and Sweet Pepperbush. Cat# 1152

Onoclea sensibilis, Sensitive Fern
Available: 2009 or later
$5.00 each in 3.5 inch pots
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X Native Plant Good Fragrance Butterfly Plant
Hummingbird Plant Good Fall Color X Berries & Fruits
X Deer resistant
Ease of Culture
X Easy Not Too Hard Difficult or Tricky
Evergreen
Yes Semi X No
Plant Type
Wildflower Shrub Grass or grass-like
X Perennial Tree X Ground cover
X Fern Vine
Light Exposure
Full sun X Mostly sunny X Half and half
Full shade X Mostly shady
Soil Condition
Sandy X Organic
Clay X Average
Moisture Tolerance
Dry Wet
X Moist Moderate
Height
12" or less
24" to 36"
X 12" to 24" 36" or taller
Color
White/whitish Pink Blue
Yellows Rose Green
Orange, coral Violet Brown
Peach, salmon Lavender Mauve
Red, scarlet Purple Tan
Bloom Time
Early spring Early summer Early fall
Mid spring Mid summer Mid fall
Late spring Late summer Late fall

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