Description

Marginal Wood Fern Dryopteris marginalis

QUART POT

Light: Partial Shade, Shade

Moisture: Dry, Medium

Soil: Loam, Sand

Height: 1–3 feet

Bloom Season: June, July, August

Root Type: Rhizome

Bloom Color: Green

Benefits: Deer Resistant

Notes:

Marginal Wood Fern is a tough, drought tolerant species, often found growing in rock crevices in moist, woody areas. Its thick, leathery leaves are evergreen. This fern spreads slowly, stays on the shorter side (1–2 ft) and takes part shade to full shade. Thrives in neutral to acid soils in some shade.

Other common names are Leatherwood Fern, and Eastern Wood Fern.