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    Also Known As

    • Osmunda cinnamomea
    • Cinnamon Fern

    Plant type

    fern

    size

    • H: 3'-4'
    • W: 1'-3'

    planting zones

    • 4a-8b

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    Osmundastrum cinnamomeum plant details

    Osmundastrum cinnamomeum is a moderate-growing, slow-growing deciduous fern with green foliage. Grows well with mostly sun - shade and even moisture 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 Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

    Plant type: fern
    Plant family: osmundaceae
    Foliage: deciduous green
    Mature size: 1 FT - 3 FT - wide, 3 FT - 4 FT - tall
    Uses: border plant, container plant, woodland garden

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

    USDA Zones: 4a - 8b
    Sun exposure: mostly sun - shade
    Watering frequency: even moisture
    Resistant to: humidity and verticillium wilt
    Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

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    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    The cinnamon fern has a vase shape. The 2' fronds arch out to 18”. The light green fronds don't have spores. The center fruiting stems get 2' tall and are cinnamon colored. This deciduous fern has beautiful yellow fall color.

    By: Gossler Farms

    A showy fern native to the eastern Americas and East Asia, excellent for native shade gardens, bogs, rain gardens, and wet areas along ponds and streams. They generally grow to 2-3ft, but with sufficient moisture may stand 5-6ft tall. Fertile fronds stiffly appear in early spring, quickly turning cinnamon brown, which contrasts beautifully with its yellowish-green, erect, pinnately-compound, sterile foliage. The cinnamon colored fertile fronds, and fibers around the base of these unique plants are what inspired the name. The fibrous roots are used to make Osmunda fiber or orchid peat, a soil alternative for epiphytic plants such as some orchids and bromeliads. PSh-Sh/M-W

    By: Forestfarm

    Zn 3 Large lacy, bright green fronds.

    By: Little Prince of Oregon

    Ahhhh, the Osmunda gang, my favorite genus of ferns.

    By: Sunshine Farm and Gardens

    Perennial fern native to the North and South Americas, as well as Eastern Asia. Named after the fertile fronds it produces in spring or early summer. Lush green sterile fronds turn golden yellow in the fall. Growth Rate slow

    By: Garden World

    Cinnamon Fern. Perennial. Native. Brown fronds emerge from the center, maturing to pale green, divided with lance-shaped leaflets with rust-colored hairlike tufts at base. Tall, brown fertile fronds at the center of the clump. Moist soil in shade to part shade. Winter dormant. Mature height of 30 up to possible 60 inches.

    By: Hoot Owl Hollow Nursery

    An unmistakable fern in which the spores are produced on separate stems (rather than on the backs of the fronds) that rise up into the vase of light green foliage. These turn the colour of cinnamon. Great for a shaded garden and moist to average soils. Deciduous. The fiddleheads are sometimes steamed and eaten in spring, though ostrich fern, Matteucia struthiopteris, is the more common culinary fern.

    By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

    The cinnamon-brown fruiting stalks give this fern its name. One of the largest and most dramatic of our native ferns, Osmunda cinnamomea looks best when placed in the back of the woodland garden. Unlike some large ferns, Cinnamon Fern does not spread rapidly by rhizomes. Prefers moist, neutral to acid soil, in sun or shade. Hardy from Zones 3 - 9.

    By: Prairie Nursery

    Osmunda cinnamonea is native to boggy areas, growing 24-36" tall with yellow to dark green waxy fronds...partial shade.

    By: Accents for Home and Garden

    Deciduous, cinnamon colored fertile fronds, rusty hairs on fronds Zone 2-9. 2'-5', Eastern US, part shade-shade, moist, well drained

    By: Keeping it Green Nursery

    Upright, arching plume-like green sterile fronds w/ attractive, cinnamon colored fertile fronds in the center. Makes a showy display. Plant in partial sun to full shade & moist soil. Zones 2 to 10. Height: 3 to 5 feet tall. Deciduous.

    By: Sebright Gardens

    A robust, clumping fern that gains its name for its bright cinnamon colored fronds shows a wide tolerance in soil types including swampy soil types.

    By: Briggs Plant Propagators

    Gardening facts about Osmundastrum cinnamomeum plant

    How to Grow Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

    • Sun Exposure

      • mostly sun - shade

    • Water Needs

      • even moisture

    • Soil Needs

      • average
      • well-drained
      • rich

    • Special Situation

      • humidity tolerant
      • verticillium wilt resistant

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green

    • Foliage Season

      • deciduous

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