polypodium vulgare (wall fern, common polypody, resurrection fern)
$16.95
- leathery, deep green leaves
- each leaflet has a blunt point
- single fronds grow up the long rhizome
- multiplies by mat-like, spreading rhizomes
- great for rocks and crevices and as a ground cover
- evergreen
- non-flowering
- zone 3
- height 25-35cm
- spread 45-80cm
- grows best in a rich, moist to average soil, in partial to full shade
- in the spring, the plants can be sheared back if major winter damage has occurred, otherwise, new grown will cover the damaged fronds
- partial sun/shade, full shade
- deer resistant
- low maintenance
- evergreen
- ground cover
- rock garden
- (image courtesy of NVK nurseries, NVK holdings inc.)