African Spleenwort Fern

African Spleenwort FernAsplenium aethiopicum is native to tropical Africa, Madagascar and Australia. It is rare in cultivation and certainly worth trying in a protected spot in your garden. This fern is a slow grower and is semi hardy in winter time. Ferns thrive when planted in well draining substrate normal fern mixture. 12 cm plant directly in your garden, pot included shade to half shade, never in full sunlight grows to 60 cm keep soil moist yes till 12 C

grows to 40 cm

yes till -25 °C

This fern is a slow grower and is semi- hardy in winter time

A nice detail are the orange rusty colored heaps of spore boxes

With the help of its rhizomes

never in full sunlight

for example

shade or half shade

12 cm – plant directly in your garden

This fern is very suitable for use in a rock garden or in green walls

This variety has purplish-red leaves that emerge in spring and the stems also turn red

Ferns thrive when planted in well-draining substrate / normal fern mixture