Maidenhair Fern
Planted
April 20, 2024
Names
- Scientific name
- Adiantum capillus-veneris
- Common name
- Maidenhair Fern, Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus Hair Fern, Common Maidenhair Fern, Venus Maidenhair Fern
Measurements
- Height
- 0 - 5 ft
- Spread
- 0 - 5 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in
- Growth Rate
- Moderate
Requirements
- Hardiness zones
- 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
- Sunlight
- Partial Shade, Full Shade
- Soil Drainage
- Moist but Well-drained
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand, Clay
- Soil pH
- Moderately acidic (5.6 - 6.0), Slightly acidic (6.1 - 6.5), Neutral (6.6 - 7.3), Slightly alkaline (7.4 - 7.8), Moderately alkaline (7.9 - 8.4)
Physical Traits
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Leaf lifecycle
- Deciduous
- Foliage color
- Medium Green
- Fall foliage
- Green
- Bloom time
- Summer
- Seasons of interest
- Spring, Summer
- Propagation methods
- Spores, Division
- Attracts
- Birds