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Northern Maidenhair Fern
| Species : Adiantum Pedatum |
| Family : Pteridaceae |
| Genus : Adiantum |
| Common names : Northern Maidenhair Fern |
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This pretty, dainty and delicate fern with vivid bright green leaves
on thin and wiry, shiny black or dark brown petioles (stem) will reach up to
a height of 12-18 inches. The fronds which are feathery and circular
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grows outward in a flat, fan-like position; each frond or leaflet has 15 to
35 opposite pairs of smaller leaf segments with jagged margin along upper edge.
Clusters of spore sacs are found on the underside of leaflets.
Northern Maidenhair ferns are
well grown in moist, humus-rich, loose, well-drained soil in part to full shade. Plants can be propagated by dividing the creeping rhizomes
and planted them just below the surface.
They can be grown as an ornamental fern. They thrive in litter under trees and are favourites of shade
gardens. They are relatively easy to grow and there is no serious insect or disease problems.
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9.6.2010 By : Pallavi h.Kumar , Ponani, Ponani
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What are the creepers?With more examples |
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Creepers are very much similar to climbers, like money plant, monstera, rangoon creeper, passion flower, they need support to grow upward or they have weak stems. |
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Posted By :Yash R Toliwal , New Panvel (Maharashtra) | On 31.10.2011 |
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21.4.2009 By : Julie Shaw , USA
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What is the tiniest fern? Our bonsi club was considering using very tiny ferns as accept plants but can't find any small enough to suit us. Thanks J.Shaw |
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First thing is that the plant which u r seecting for making bonsai should have strong stem, ferns do not have the same characteristic, in other words u cannot make a bonsai of a fern. |
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Posted By :Yash R Toliwal , New Panvel (Maharashtra) | On 31.10.2011 |
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