Botanical Name: Microlepia strigosa
Common Name: Lace fern
Type of Plant: fern: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, arching, fine-textured fern with light-colored fronds; relatively soft, not stiff, finely hairy fronds
Height 2 to 3'
Spread 2 to 3'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors shade to partial shade preferred
Soil prefers rich, well-amended soils
Hardiness some frost (to 28 deg.) zones 17, 23, 24
 
Morphology:
Leaves apple-green, fine-textured fronds to 3' long, 12" wide pinnae to 3" long, slightly ruffled; hairless on petioles
Flowers none
Fruit sori– nearly linear, 1-16" wide at margins
 
Propagation:
spore, division
 
Usage:
good shade filler for tropical or temperate climate areas; mixes well with other ferns; good in containers, in patio gardens and in atriums
 
Landscape Care:
Watering takes average water; can tolerate more drought than most ferns
Fertilizing low nitrogen fertilizer in spring
Pruning remove dead fronds
Pests/Diseases none major
Special Conditions/Other roots need good aeration; careful watering needed in large pots
 
Origin: Polynesia to Southeast Asia
Family: Polypodiaceae

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