Shaggy Shield Fern -Dryopteris cycadina - Indoors or Out - 4" Pot

FERN: A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants. Unlike mosses they have xylem and phloem (making them vascular plants). They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants. Ferns do not have either seeds or flowers (they reproduce via spores). Shaggy Shield is an easy to grow evergreen fern. In late spring new fronds emerge like a mass of reaching tentacles, dark green in color and covered in black, hair-like scales. As the fronds unfurl they reveal distinctively narrow, lance-shaped leaflets on either side of the black green stem. Mature plants form a broad, vase shape, each frond stiffly upright with only the slightest arch to the length. The botanical name is derived from its remarkable likeness to the ancient group of plants known as cycads.

• Hardy in zones 5-8
• Mature Height: 3 Feet
• Deer Resistant
• Loves the shade
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