Fern - Adiantum pedatum (Northern Maidenhair)

Common Name: Northern Maidenhair Fern

Exposure: Part shade to full shade

Height: 2.5 feet (8m)

Spread: 1.5 feet (5m)

Water: Medium

Hardiness: 3 - 8

Zone: 3

Characteristics: Spreads slowly by creeping, branching rhizomes to form large colonies over time., Features finely-textured, somewhat frilly fronds which have curved stalks and are palmately-divided (i.e., fronds divide into finger-like projections)., Wiry stems are reddish-brown to black. Crosiers (coiled young fiddleheads) emerge pink in spring.,