Leatherwood Fern
The Leatherwood Fern or Marginal Shield Fern is an evergreen fern which typically forms a non-spreading, vase-shaped clump to 1.
Leatherwood Ferns features grayish-green, deeply cut, leathery fronds (15-20" long). These ferns prefer loamy moist soils, and do best in cool position in the garden, so avoid the afternoon sun.
The evergreen fronds are very attractive and provide good interest to the winter landscape.
5-2' (infrequently to 3') tall.
This is a woodland fern which is most often found in shaded crevices of rocky ledges and bluffs.
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With a vegetable garden planting, you can grow more plants in a given area by interplanting. Planting fast and slow growing plants, along with large and small plants in the same area gives you a bigger harvest.
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