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    Also Known As

    • Himalayan Maidenhair Fern

    Plant type

    fern, groundcover

    size

    • H: 6"-12"
    • W: 24"-60"

    planting zones

    • 5a-10a

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    30

    1 gallon bagged root ball | $15

    30

    3.5" pot | $15

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    Adiantum venustum plant details

    Adiantum venustum is a semi-evergreen groundcover fern with bronze, green and pink foliage. Grows well with bright shade - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something humidity tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Adiantum venustum

    Plant type: groundcover fern
    Plant family: adiantaceae, pteridaceae
    Foliage: semi-evergreen bronze, green and pink
    Mature size: 24 IN - 60 IN - wide, 6 IN - 12 IN - tall
    Uses: black stems, container plant, easy-to-grow, lacy leaves, woodland garden, year round interest

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Adiantum venustum

    USDA Zones: 5a - 10a
    Sun exposure: bright shade - shade
    Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
    Resistant to: humidity and verticillium wilt
    Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

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    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    The Himalayan maidenhair fern, Adiantum venustum, is evergreen in mild areas with a thin, creeping rhizome that produces gorgeous mats with ovate fronds composed of many small fan-shaped segments, often turning an attractive orange or rusty-brown in autumn and winter. One of the best ground covers for smaller applications in shade. The new growth is also beautiful in shades of coral pink. Combine with spring ephemerals like Cardamine and Anemone nemorosa.

    By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

    This superb ground covering fern has small round leaflets. The light green to bronze new growth grows over the top of the darker green mature foliage. This fern makes a lovely ground cover at the foot of rhododendrons

    By: Gossler Farms

    The delightful fern from the Himalaya makes a wonderful low carpet for shade gardens. Soft, coral colored new fronds in spring mature to lush pale-green fronds on this semi-evergreen fern. The delicate leaflets are held on wiry black stems and this species spreads out to form vast colonies just 6-10 inches high. Truly an unforgettable sight when this gorgeous fern is planted en masse. Mixes well with other low-growing shade lovers like hellebores and is highly resistant to deer. PSh/M

    By: Forestfarm

    Lacy, elegant, lush foliage wraps around contrasting wire like black stems…a dwarf at 6-8” tall, slowly spreading in loose organic, moist soils. Semi evergreen, rose hued new fronds, light to moderate shade; deer resistant, takes some dry when established.  USDA Zone 5  3.5" pot

    By: Secret Garden Growers

    The narrow, very wavy green leaves are highlighted by a narrow golden border. Perfect for the small woodland rock garden, H. 'Kifukurin Ko Mame' will eventually make a 10" wide clump topped by dark purple flowers in summer.

    By: Noname Nursery

    Zn 5. Lacy foliage on black stems.

    By: Little Prince of Oregon

    This lovely low spreading fern has delicate leaflets on wiry stems and thrives in moist humus rich soil in partial or full shade. Grows 6-12" tall and spreading to 3' or more, and easily divisible. It is deer resistant, and is a fern that dislikes intense summer heat.

    By: Avant Gardens

    Seen in the Himalayas curtaining banks at about 6 -7,500 feet, these triangular fronds with jet black stems layer themselves like the feathers of a bird. They can also spread into the prettiest 10" tall carpet, or, if you are adventurous, an outdoor wall-hanging! If you'd like to keep it looking fresh, cut back the fronds of the previous season in winter before the extremely delicate new fiddle heads emerge. In its native environment it can often be seen in tandem with Bergenia, flattening itself to cliff walls, blossoms extending out and up. A better contrast can hardly be seen. Minimum temperature: -30°F

    By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

    Evergreen, dark purple stipe, red new growth, dark green fronds Zone 4-9. 24", China, part shade-shade, moist, well drained

    By: Keeping it Green Nursery

    Lush, beautiful mound of medium green delicate looking foliage with broadly triangular, tripinnnate fronds on black stipes. New growth is flushed salmon to bright bronze pink colored frothy fronds. Plant in light shade & well drained, moist soil. Zones 5 to 9. Size: 12

    By: Sebright Gardens

    Dainty, semi-evergreen foliage forms a low growing. slowly spreading fern. Native to the Himalayas, does best here in loose soils or shaded rocky banks. Can be slow to become established, but well worth the wait.

    By: Bloom River Gardens

    Semi-evergreen. This plant is a native of the Himalayas, where it grows among rocks at high altitudes, thus making it cold hardy. The fronds are large and coarsely divided with prominently toothed segments, held on black stalks. New growth in late winter and early spring is a bright bronze-pink. It grows about 6" tall, with indefinite spread, growing by creeping rhizomes.

    By: Greer Gardens Inc.

    Striking maidenhair fern with lacy foliage that emerges bronzy pink and ages to a gentle green that stands out again the black stems. To only 6” tall, spreading slowly by underground rhizomes to form a clump up to 3 ft across. Light shade with plentiful moisture is best and encourages faster growth. Evergreen to the mid teens F, mid USDA zone 8 and root hardy to at least –20F, USDA zone 5. Also does well in containers, indoors and out.

    By: Cistus Nursery

    Semi evergreen fern with slowly creeping rhizomes. Forms a lacy 12” carpet in part shade. Pale green fronds on black stems. Old and new growth is pinkish-bronze. Makes a beautiful ground cover or accent for special effects. Native to Kashmir.

    By: The Bovees Nursery

    Himalayan Maidenhair Fern. Evergreen to semi-evergreen creeping fern making the the most textural groundcover imaginable. Salmon pink new growth goes to light olive and finally green leaflets on black wiry stems just 8"-12" high. Likes a loose moist soil but will tolerate dry when established.

    By: Far Reaches Farm

    A low growing fern with elegant, lacey fronds on black stems. Spreads by rhizomes. Evergreen where winters are mild.

    By: Briggs Plant Propagators

    Gardening facts about Adiantum venustum plant

    How to Grow Adiantum venustum

    • Sun Exposure

      • bright shade - shade

    • Water Needs

      • even moisture - regular

    • Soil Needs

      • average
      • well-drained
      • rich

    • Special Situation

      • humidity tolerant
      • verticillium wilt resistant

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • pink
      • bronze
      • green

    • Foliage Season

      • semi-evergreen

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