Fern Goldies Wood

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Landscape Qualities

Goldie's Wood Fern is an herbaceous evergreen fern with a shapely form and gracefully arching fronds. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

Ornamental Qualities

Goldie's Wood Fern is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its cascading habit of growth. Its ferny compound leaves remain forest green in color throughout the year.

Planting and Growing

Goldie's Wood Fern will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity | with a spread of 3 feet. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground | not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 15 years. As an evegreen perennial | this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round. As this plant tends to go dormant in summer | it is best interplanted with late-season bloomers to hide the dying foliage.

This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions | and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is particular about its soil conditions | with a strong preference for rich | acidic soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone over the growing season to conserve soil moisture. This species is native to parts of North America | and parts of it are known to be toxic to humans and animals | so care should be exercised in planting it around children and pets. It can be propagated by division.

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