Blechnum penna-marina
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(Alpine Water Fern) A low spreading fern, Blechnum penna-marina has small, pinnate (feather-like), dark green fronds which are sometimes bronze or dark red when they emerge in spring.
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A low spreading fern, Blechnum penna-marina has small, pinnate (feather-like), dark green fronds which are sometimes bronze or dark red when they emerge in spring. Very good as an evergreen ground cover plant as it slowly spreads.
Blechnum penna-marina is best in a position in light dappled or heavy shade. It can also be grown very successfully in a container, provided it is in a shady position.
- Position: Light, dappled or heavy shade.
- Soil: Moist, fertile soil.
- Hardiness: Hardy.
- Rate of Growth: Slow.
- Habit: Blechnum penna-marina grows to be a very small, clump forming fern.
- Height: up to 20 cm (½ - 1 ft)
- Spread: eventually up to 100 - 120 cm in time (3 - 4 ft)
Data sheet
- How Much Sun
- Light Shade, Shade
- Eventual Size
- Ground Cover, Fern - Small
- Growing Conditions
- Soil: Damp/Wet, Soil: Acid
- Special Features
- Suitable for Containers, Foliage - Unusual Shape
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(Alpine Water Fern) A low spreading fern, Blechnum penna-marina has small, pinnate (feather-like), dark green fronds which are sometimes bronze or dark red when they emerge in spring.