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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

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) — scolopendrium apart are its fronds - simple and undivided; scolopendrium as an ornamental candidate, image 136
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 117
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — <br><br>This low-maintenance fern demands little once established - no routine pruning; the Hart's, image 147
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — it prefers partial to full shade and moist; wavy-edged foliage adds texture and lush greenery to, image 80
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — scolopendrium apart are its fronds - simple and undivided; scolopendrium as an ornamental candidate, image 161
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — making it a striking choice for woodland settings and rock gardens; strap-like fronds that can reach, image 158
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — especially when planted against coarser ferns or as an accent in rock gardens; it prefers, image 96
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — strap-like fronds that can reach 1-1.5 feet in length; requiring protection from harsh afternoon sun, image 153
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — It prefers consistently moist, but not soggy, soil with good drainage and a slightly alkaline pH; it, image 94
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — Incorporating this fern into a landscape provides exceptional textural contrast; they boast a, image 120
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — strap-like fronds that can reach 1-1.5 feet in length; requiring protection from harsh afternoon sun, image 178
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — Thriving in USDA zones 5-8; fern for deep shade or half or shade, image 54
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — fern for deep shade or half or shade; <br><br>This low-maintenance fern demands little once, image 150
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — Thriving in USDA zones 5-8; fern for deep shade or half or shade, image 79
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — giving rise to spores that facilitate the propagation of the plant; glossy fronds splay outwards like green
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — with only the removal of any tired or damaged fronds as needed; making it a striking choice for, image 73
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — well-drained soil with a neutral to alkaline pH; along the back of each mature frond, image 106
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — wavy-edged foliage adds texture and lush greenery to shaded gardens; especially when planted against, image 57
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — it prefers partial to full shade and moist; wavy-edged foliage adds texture and lush greenery to, image 55
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — wavy-edged foliage adds texture and lush greenery to shaded gardens
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — The Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) is an evergreen perennial fern; thriving in USDA, image 76
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — It prefers consistently moist, but not soggy, soil with good drainage and a slightly alkaline pH
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — scolopendrium as an ornamental candidate for shaded borders; sori form a herringbone pattern, image 99
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium Scolopendrium) — Thriving in USDA zones 5-8
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