Botanical Name
Blechnum minus
Common Name
Soft Water Fern
Description
Soft Water Fern is a beautiful native fern renowned for its soft, delicate fronds and exceptional tolerance for wet conditions that creates lush displays in Australian gardens. This attractive species produces pinnate fronds with a distinctive soft texture that emerge from creeping rhizomes, creating attractive spreading colonies in moist areas. The bright green fronds provide attractive fine-textured evergreen foliage that maintains year-round appeal in shaded, wet positions. Hardy and adaptable once established, it thrives in moist to wet soils with good organic content and partial to full shade positions with consistent moisture availability. Perfect for wet areas, pond margins, and areas where native ferns with water tolerance create lush landscape features in challenging waterlogged conditions.
Plant Category
Ferns
Size (H x W)
Height: 20-50cm, Spread: 50cm-1 meter
Blechnum minus naturally occurs in southeastern Australia’s wet forests and swampy areas, thriving in moist to wet soils with high organic content and partial to full shade exposure in humid, temperate climates.
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