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Fishbone Fern in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Nephrolepis cordifolia

 

Fishbone Fern

Nephrolepis cordifolia is a semi evergreen fern with rhizomes and stolons that have brown scales. The fronds are sometimes hanging down, and sometimes erect. The fern forms dense clumps/

 
plant Features
  • Fishbone Fern likes partial shade to deep shade

    Partial shade to deep shade

  • Fishbone Fern likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

  • Fishbone Fern is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Fishbone Fern likes moist and fertile

    Moist and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Fishbone Fern

Latin name

Nephrolepis cordifolia

type

Fern

family

Nephrolepidaceae

ph

6.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Fishbone Fern likes partial shade to deep shade

    Partial shade to deep shade

  • Frost

    Fishbone Fern is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Fishbone Fern likes moist and fertile

    Moist and fertile

  • Water

    Fishbone Fern likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Fishbone Fern is 0.90meters x 0.85meters 0.90 M 0.85 M

Nephrolepis cordifolia

Nephrolepis cordifolia is a semi evergreen fern with rhizomes and stolons that have brown scales. The fronds are sometimes hanging down, and sometimes erect. The fern forms dense clumps/


Planting young plants

From Early Spring TO Early Summer

When planting, it's really important not to bury the crown as this will lead to crown rot and the eventual death of your plant. If re-potting a pot grow plant, only repot if you are happy for the plant to grow bigger and even then, only when the roots have filled the existing pot. Take extra care to keep the fern at the same soil level it sat at before. As a houseplant, it needs warm to average warmth during the day with a natural decrease in temperature at night will work wonders on the foliage, 16°C - 26°C / 60°F - 80°F. In any case, no lower than 10°C / 50°F.

 

Propagation

From Early Spring TO Early Summer

It's usually most productive to divide a large plant into 2 or 3 pieces when you repot, or a more reliable approach is to look out for "baby" ferns appearing on "runners" at the edges of the pot. After they are large enough to handle they can be cut away from the "runner" and potted up in a similar compost mix.

 
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