Polypodium glycyrrhiza (Licorice Fern)
Well known for primarily growing with mosses on rotting logs or in deciduous trees, it will also colonize on the ground and naturalizes beautifully transplanted into these conditions. Mix with native shade-loving perennials for best effect!
The fronds emerge singly, up to 12 in. long, but in bunches, creating a carpet of ferns during the winter when they're at their peak. This fern comes to life from fall until summer with triangular fronds. Its natural cycle is to go drought-dormant in summer, so plant it with summer-blooming perennials such as Inside-out Flower and Foam Flower that mask its dormant leaves, allowing it to fill the space for the rest of the year.
Best transplanted into an area that already favors moss or has humus-rich soils, shade, and is close enough to your hose to receive a little water until it is established and begins to colonize.
Well known for primarily growing with mosses on rotting logs or in deciduous trees, it will also colonize on the ground and naturalizes beautifully transplanted into these conditions. Mix with native shade-loving perennials for best effect!
The fronds emerge singly, up to 12 in. long, but in bunches, creating a carpet of ferns during the winter when they're at their peak. This fern comes to life from fall until summer with triangular fronds. Its natural cycle is to go drought-dormant in summer, so plant it with summer-blooming perennials such as Inside-out Flower and Foam Flower that mask its dormant leaves, allowing it to fill the space for the rest of the year.
Best transplanted into an area that already favors moss or has humus-rich soils, shade, and is close enough to your hose to receive a little water until it is established and begins to colonize.
Well known for primarily growing with mosses on rotting logs or in deciduous trees, it will also colonize on the ground and naturalizes beautifully transplanted into these conditions. Mix with native shade-loving perennials for best effect!
The fronds emerge singly, up to 12 in. long, but in bunches, creating a carpet of ferns during the winter when they're at their peak. This fern comes to life from fall until summer with triangular fronds. Its natural cycle is to go drought-dormant in summer, so plant it with summer-blooming perennials such as Inside-out Flower and Foam Flower that mask its dormant leaves, allowing it to fill the space for the rest of the year.
Best transplanted into an area that already favors moss or has humus-rich soils, shade, and is close enough to your hose to receive a little water until it is established and begins to colonize.