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Comptonia peregrina, commonly known as sweet fern, is not a fern at all but has fragrant, lustrous, fern-like foliage on a super hardy shrub that loves terrible, infertile soils. It is an Eastern North American native plant 2-4 feet tall that is nitrogen fixing, drought tolerant, and will form colonies. Easily grown in a wide range of soils but difficult to propagate and resentful of transplant, it is uncommon in cultivation. Insignificant yellow flowers in April and May followed by burr-like nutlets. Prefers sandy, acidic loams with medium water.
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Details
- Class: Deciduous
- Soil Moisture: Drought Tolerant, Dry, Average, Moist
- Flowering Time: Late Spring
- Fragrant: Yes
- Foliage Colour: Green
- Deer Resistant: Yes
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- Habitat: Dry, infertile, sandy or rocky soils in pinelands, pine barrens, clearings, pastures or edges of woods from sea level to 1800 metres in eastern North America.
- Geographical Origin: Americas - North America
- BC Native: No
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