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Phlebodium (Polypodium) aureum 'Blue Star' - Virginia Blue Fern - Polypodiaceae (The Polypody Family)
Phlebodium (Polypodium) aureum 'Blue Star' - Virginia Blue Fern - Virginia blue fern (Phlebodium aureum) offers amazing silver blue foliage for mild climates or as a striking houseplant.
Phlebodium (Polypodium) aureum 'Blue Star' - Virginia blue fern (Phlebodium aureum) offers amazing silver blue foliage for mild climates or as a striking houseplant.
 
11cm
Price: $21.99
Zone Hardiness: 8-10
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade, Part Sun
Height: 8-12"
Width: 8-12"


Availability: Most main catalogue plants ready May 15-June 30.
Product Code: 4807
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Description Fine Print
 
The unique Virginia blue fern (Phlebodium aureum, syn. Polypodium aureum) is strikingly silvery blue in colour with mitt shaped fronds that are deeply lobed and that travel on little rabbit feet rhizomes. It can reach 12 inches or more tall with evergreen leaves. Will brighten up a shady area in the garden or in a container. Hardy to zone 8 and potentially hardy in protected locations outdoors in coastal BC. Also makes a fantastic houseplant.
Details
  • Class: Semi-evergreen
  • Soil Moisture: Moist, Average
  • Flowering Time:
  • Fragrant: No
  • Foliage Colour: Bluish
  • Deer Resistant: Unknown
  • Attracts:
  • Habitat: Wet forests and second growth. Epiphytic and sometimes terrestrial. Sea level to 2500m.
  • Geographical Origin: Americas - North America, Americas - Central and South America
  • BC Native: No


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