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Virginia Living Museum
Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
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Height: |
4 - 6 feet |
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Light: |
Equally happy in shade or full sun |
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Soil Type: |
Very wet soil |
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Growth Rate: |
Fast |
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Flower Color: |
Produces reddish-brown
fronds in midsummer |
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Foliage: |
Very long fronds with lance-shaped
leaves. Grown for foliage. Deciduous |
Truly regal in form, the attention-getting fronds of this beautiful fern grow to a height of six feet once established.
Royal fern is equally happy in shade or sun, as long as it's kept moist.
Adding to its exotic look, separate "fertile" fronds laden with reddish-brown spores are produced in midsummer.
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