Buy Phlebodium pseudoaureum

Also Known As

Polypodium areolatum
Polypodium pseudo-aureum 'Virginia Blue'
Polypodium pseudoaureum
Blue Rabbit's Foot Fern
Virginia Blue Fern

Plant type

fern

size

H: 12"-24"
W: 12"-24"

planting zones

8a-12

4 inch pot | $21

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Phlebodium pseudoaureum plant details

Phlebodium pseudoaureum is an evergreen or semi-evergreen fern with blue and green foliage. Features glaucous texture. Grows well with bright shade - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in acidic, average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something humidity tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Phlebodium pseudoaureum

Plant type: fern
Plant family: polypodiaceae
Foliage: evergreen or semi-evergreen blue and green
Mature size: 12 IN - 24 IN - wide, 12 IN - 24 IN - tall
Uses: container plant, houseplant, unique, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Phlebodium pseudoaureum

USDA Zones: 8a - 12
Sun exposure: bright shade - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: deer, humidity and verticillium wilt
Soil needs: acidic, average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

EXTRAORDINARY silver-blue fronds emerge from orange-haired rhizomes on this 12-18" tall evergreen lovely! A rare shade in fern-ature! Fairly new on the scene...but seems to thrive in light shade with average moisture and sharp drainage. It has p

By: Secret Garden Growers

This very small hosta has rounded wavy leaves of blue green with wide, golden edges. They form a twisted and turned little clump that produces 14" scapes of lavender blooms in early midsummer.

By: Noname Nursery

The unique Virginia Blue fern (Polypodium pseudoaureum) is silvery blue in colour (green in the winter) with mitt shaped fronds that are deeply lobed and travels on little rabbit feet. It can reach 12 inches tall with evergreen leaves. Will brighten up a shady area in the garden or in a container. Hardy to zone 8, this species is still a bit of an adventure -- we are unaware of anyone trying this in BC so far. Let us know if you have. Also makes a good houseplant.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Phlebodium pseudoaureum has an almost prehistoric thing happening with its foliage…Irregularly and softly lobed in a lovely shade of blue green. It is adaptable to soil , but doesn't seem t mind being on the dry said or confined to a container, making it a very attractive houseplant. aSpreads by stolons led by fuzzy amber brown "rabbit's feet". Grows 12-20" tall, and is hardy in zones 8b-11.

By: Avant Gardens

Ice-blue fronds held erect above thick, reddish hairy rhizomes. Like most larger ferns, it takes a while to get a large mature specimen but it is well worth the wait. Ferns thrive in neutral to acidic, loose richly organic soil. Excellent for mass plantings, rock gardens, containers, in woodlands and naturalized landscapes.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

Upright wide flat, staghorn like, deeply lobed, glaucous blue fronds. Makes a slow spreading, clumping mound; Very unique. Plant in partial sun to full shade in well drained, moist soil. Zones 8 to 10. Size: 12". Evergreen.

By: Sebright Gardens

Once known as Polypodium areolatum, a more familiar fern genus, but handsome by any name. To only 12" tall, with evergreen, glaucous gray, deeply lobed fronds that emerge from fuzzy red rhizomes close to the surface. Wonderful as cut foliage. Well-drained, consistently moist soil is best in part sun to dappled shade. Frost hardy in USDA zone 8. Polypodiaceae