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Also Known As

Asplenium ebenoides
Dragon Tail Fern
Scott's Spleenwort
Walking Spleenwort

Plant type

fern

size

H: 4"-9"
W: 6"-10"

planting zones

5a-10b

3" | $12

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Fewer than 20 at Secret Garden Growers

3/4 gallon pot--bare root | $10

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37 at Sebright Gardens

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Asplenium x ebenoides plant details

Asplenium x ebenoides is an evergreen fern with green foliage. Grows well with bright shade - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in alkaline, average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something humidity tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Asplenium x ebenoides

Plant type: fern
Plant family: aspleniaceae
Foliage: evergreen green
Mature size: 6 IN - 10 IN - wide, 4 IN - 9 IN - tall
Uses: container plant, edging plant, rock garden, woodland garden, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Asplenium x ebenoides

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

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This cutie is a mere 6” tall and would love to be in your fairy garden or fern table! Creates a compact 10” wide evergreen clump of handsome dragon tail fronds (sometimes with babies on the tips) and enjoys slightly moist soil in light shade...pretty in the rock garden or as a small potted specimen. How about a planting in your woodland garden along the base of a rotting log? So CUTE!!

By: Secret Garden Growers

Asplenium ebenoides is a dwarf fern that forms a low, evergreen mound of narrow, triangular fronds, slowly making a small clump. Deer resistant. Ferns thrive in neutral to acidic, loose, richly organic soil. Dragon’s Tail Fern is excellent for mass plantings, rock gardens, containers, in woodlands and naturalized landscapes.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

Long, narrow, arching evergreen fronds with irregular jagged edges are reminiscent of Puff, the Magic Dragon's, tail. This is an eastern North America native, a compact perennial 16" tall.

By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

Cute fern w/ narrowly triangular, lanceolate blades that are deeply divided & deeply toothed w/ elongated narrow "tails". Plant in partial sun to moderate shade. Zones 5 to 8. Height: 6" to 12". Evergreen.

By: Sebright Gardens

From limestone cliffs comes an unusual hybrid between Ebony Spleenwort (A.platyneuron) ; walking fern (Camptosorus); a small 4-9" fern with variable fronds, some with the long dragons-tail tip of walking fern. PSh/GdDrain/Lime