Onoclea sensibilis ~ Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis ~ Sensitive FernSensitive Fern is a large coarse deciduous fern native to the wet woods of Eastern North America. The leaflets are leathery and bright green with distinctive netted veining and short woody fronds that go up in late summer and persist till winter. Best in part sun and moist well drained soil. Sensitive to drought and frost. *Deciduous ferns may still be dormant until late spring. This will appear that we've delivered a pot full of dirt however a

Sensitive Fern is a large coarse deciduous fern native to the wet woods of Eastern North America.  The leaflets are leathery and bright green with distinctive netted veining and short woody fronds that go up in late summer and persist till winter.  Best in part sun and moist well-drained soil.  Sensitive to drought and frost.

*Deciduous ferns may still be dormant until late spring. This will appear that we've delivered a pot full of dirt however a healthy robust fern is awaiting inside.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. 

LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Ponds and Streams, Foundation Plantings, and Hedges.

COMPANION PLANTS: Geranium, Cinnamon Fern, Coral Bells

IMAGE: peganum, Onoclea sensibilis 3, CC BY-SA 2.0

* As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.