General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Fern
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 3 to 6 feet (.9-1.8 m)
Plant Spread: 3 to 5 feet (.9-1.5 m)
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Salad greens
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Stolons and runners

Common names
  • Ostrich Fern
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica
  • Synonym: Matteuccia pensylvanica
  • Synonym: Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pubescens

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mumsymony On May 20, 2019 Miscellaneous Event
Is very hardy in Zone 3B, comes up every year and spreads to other parts of front bed in a very shaded area with no direct sunlight
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