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Polystichum setiferum - Soft Shield fern
Latin name:
Polystichum setiferum
Common name:
Soft shield fern
Keywords:
setiferum, fern
Cold hardy and tolerates a wide range of conditions. Clumps and spreads out from there with fronds up to 50 cm on mature plants.
Produces pups which are the new plantings - need to peg these down into the soil and keep watered before potting up into new independent plants.
Not a New Zealand native.
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