Botanical Name: Polypodium aureum
Common Name: Hare's foot fern
Type of Plant: fern
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape large trailing fern with thick, fuzzy rhizomes, long, coarse fronds and blue-green color
Height to 3'
Spread 4-6'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure in/out shade outdoors – indoors needs high light & humidity
Soil likes highly organic soil
Hardiness some frost (zones 15-17, 19-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves bluegreen, pinnatifid to 4' long, 2' wide, lobes undulate, frilly. Rhizomes to 1' thick, scaly brown – creep along soil surface
Flowers sori in 2 irregular rows – each to 1/8" diameter
Fruit
 
Propagation:
spore, division of rhizomes
 
Usage:
hanging basket plant indoors or out – good under patio covers. Trees or other shady, moist areas – sometimes successful in bathrooms or kitchens indoors.
 
Landscape Care:
Watering likes ample watering
Fertilizing balanced, half-strength monthly
Pruning remove dead fronds
Pests/Diseases mealybug, scale
Special Conditions/Other use powdered insecticides to prevent foliage burning
 
Origin: Tropical America
Family: Polypodiaceae

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