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Hart's Tongue Fern

Asplenium Scolopendrium

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Overview

The Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) is an evergreen perennial fern, appreciated for its distinctive, glossy, strap-like fronds that can reach 1-1.5 feet in length. Thriving in USDA zones 5-8, it prefers partial to full shade and moist, well-drained soil with a neutral to alkaline pH. Its unique, wavy-edged foliage adds texture and lush greenery to shaded gardens, making it a striking choice for woodland settings and rock gardens.

Sun Deep Shade, Half, ShadeWater High, MediumZones 5–9Type FernClimate Temperate

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — it prefers partial to full shade and moist; wavy-edged foliage adds texture and lush greenery to, image 105

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — they boast a strap-like appearance; well-drained soil with a neutral to alkaline pH, image 87

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — they boast a strap-like appearance; well-drained soil with a neutral to alkaline pH, image 62

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — well-drained soil with a neutral to alkaline pH

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — Along the back of each mature frond; incorporating this fern into a landscape provides exceptional, image 164

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — glossy fronds splay outwards like green tongues; typically reaching lengths of 10 to 18 inches

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — <br><br>This low-maintenance fern demands little once established - no routine pruning; the Hart's, image 122

Culture

Sun: Deep Shade, Half, Shade
Water: High, Medium
USDA zones: 5–9

Shape & size

Classification

Type: Fern
Family: Polypodiaceae
Climate: Temperate

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Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — it prefers partial to full shade and moist; wavy-edged foliage adds texture and lush greenery to, image 105

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — they boast a strap-like appearance; well-drained soil with a neutral to alkaline pH, image 87

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — they boast a strap-like appearance; well-drained soil with a neutral to alkaline pH, image 62

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — well-drained soil with a neutral to alkaline pH

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — Along the back of each mature frond; incorporating this fern into a landscape provides exceptional, image 164

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — glossy fronds splay outwards like green tongues; typically reaching lengths of 10 to 18 inches

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — <br><br>This low-maintenance fern demands little once established - no routine pruning; the Hart's, image 122

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — glossy fronds splay outwards like green tongues; typically reaching lengths of 10 to 18 inches, image 134

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — typically reaching lengths of 10 to 18 inches

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — especially when planted against coarser ferns or as an accent in rock gardens; it prefers consistently moist

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — Incorporating this fern into a landscape provides exceptional textural contrast; they boast a strap-like

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — fern for deep shade or half or shade

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — The Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) is an evergreen perennial fern; thriving in USDA, image 176

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — making it a striking choice for woodland settings and rock gardens; strap-like fronds that can reach, image 83

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — a feature contrasting with the more intricately divided leaves of most other fern species, image 138

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — Along the back of each mature frond; incorporating this fern into a landscape provides exceptional, image 89

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — with only the removal of any tired or damaged fronds as needed; making it a striking choice for woodland

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — The Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) is an evergreen perennial fern; thriving in USDA, image 51

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — it prefers partial to full shade and moist; wavy-edged foliage adds texture and lush greenery to shaded gardens

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — well-drained soil with a neutral to alkaline pH; along the back of each mature frond

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — especially when planted against coarser ferns or as an accent in rock gardens; it prefers, image 121

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — <br><br>Hart's Tongue Fern favors USDA Hardiness Zones 5 through 8 and thrives in partial to full, image 67

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — especially when planted against coarser ferns or as an accent in rock gardens; it prefers, image 71

Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — appreciated for its distinctive; scolopendrium apart are its fronds - simple and undivided, image 177

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