Matteuccia struthiopteris - Ostrich Fern - [Citrus Pre-Order] - Dryopteridaceae (The Wood Fern Family)

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Matteuccia struthiopteris - Ostrich Fern - [Citrus Pre-Order] - Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) is the source of the early spring culinary delicacy fiddleheads.

Matteuccia struthiopteris - Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) is the source of the early spring culinary delicacy fiddleheads.

Price: $17.99

Zone Hardiness: 1
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade
Height: 3-4'
Width: 2-3'
Flower Colour: Green

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Availability: May 2024 pick-up or shipping.
Product Code: 1960

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Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) has been made famous by New Brunswickers who collect the young emerging fiddleheads in early spring as a culinary delicacy. Boil or sautee and apply a healthy amount of butter (but don't eat them raw). It is also a tall, stately, ornamental fern with carefully positioned fronds forming an elegant upward-facing cone. It grows across Canada (and around the northern hemisphere) and and is hardy to zone 1b! Some web sites say zone 2 but I've seen it growing a half zone colder in northern Saskatchewan! Ostrich fern will eventually spread by underground rhizomes to form lush colonies.

Details

Class: Deciduous
Soil Moisture: Moist, Average, Wet
Flowering Time: Spring
Fragrant: No
Foliage Colour: Green
Deer Resistant: Yes
Attracts:
Habitat: Moist to wet sandy or silty banks of rivers and streams and alluvial forests in lowland and montane zones.
Geographical Origin: Americas - North America, Asia and the Pacific - North Central and Eastern Asia, Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia
BC Native: Yes