Christmas Fern

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Product Description

Christmas Fern, Polystichum acrostichoides

The Christmas Fern is one of the most popular evergreen ferns. Evergreen ferns are green all Winter long and are the best for Fall and Winter gardens. This plant ships bare root and can be planted year round.

This plant derives its name from its ability to remain green through the holiday season. It belongs to the family of hardy ferns. Growing is simple as long as the environmental conditions are right is easy.

Christmas Fern does well in well-drained soil that’s rich in organic matter.

It survives in both partial and full shade but will tolerate some sun. With the right conditions, it is a good evergreen plant. It forms dark green, fountain-like clumps leathery fronds that make an excellent choice for a ground cover, and is a very fast growing plant. It usually grows to about 2 feet. The plant also does well through periodic dry seasons. The plant is also not prone to diseases.

Taking care of the Christmas fern is and should be easy. They require minimal watering, though maintaining moist conditions is paramount. Mulching works wonders in maintaining moisture. Just like other hardy ferns, it does well in both indoor and outdoor environments. You can plant this fern in a basket inside your house. For outdoor purposes, it’s a good for preventing soil erosion due to its ground covering nature. It was popular for use in natural landscaping and method as an ornamental plant.

Hardy Zones 3-9

Christmas Fern ships bare root (root/rhizome only) with no foliage at time of shipment.

Simply plant and watch it grow! Planting can be done year round and will arrive healthy with great instructions on how to plant. Guaranteed to grow!

Hanging baskets often have ferns that look very similar to the Christmas fern but are not evergreen like this one is!

Customer Reviews

5.0 Based on 44 reviews

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Christmas ferns (10)

Aug 04, 2024 Reviewer: Beth

Planted these 3 weeks ago. So far only 3 of the 10 have emerged.
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My Christmas Ferns are Growing!

Jul 24, 2024 Reviewer: Monica

I am very pleased with these Christmas fern rhizomes! I've tried to grow Christmas Ferns from other sellers for several years without success. I ordered 10 rhizomes and almost all of them have sprouted and grown fiddleheads and fronds. Some of the fronds are still small, but they seem to be healthy. I ordered in late spring, so many rhizomes already showed signs of sprouting or had a small frond attached. A couple of the rhizomes took several weeks before they sprouted. I am still waiting for 1 more to sprout. I think it takes more than 1 season to establish good roots and grow a full size Christmas fern. I modified the soil a few years ago, and mulched around these ferns after planting the rhizomes. They need watering regularly during the heat of summer.
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Christmas ferns

Jul 17, 2024 Reviewer: Beth Starbuck

The Christmas fern roots look good. They arrived 2 days ago. There were no planting instructions in the box. The description of what I bought said that “ great instructions” would be included.
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Christmas ferns

May 23, 2024 Reviewer: Martha Weber

Rec’d them yesterday…planted them…bag included a few more than ordered?sizes varied…we’ll see how they do…expect will be fine…we have some growing naturally on the lot already.
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Christmas Ferns

May 22, 2024 Reviewer: Karen

Plant roots arrived on time. They have been in the ground less than a week and one is already putting out fronds. I called the nursery once with a question and left a message. Promptly received a call back. I plan on doing business with Native Wildflower Nursery in the future !