Botanical Name: Pteris cretica (many varieties)
Common Name: Cretan brake fern
Type of Plant: fern: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape clumping fern, spreading by rhizomes, fronds pinnate with linear pinnae
Height to 18"
Spread to 2'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure in/out likes bright light, cool conditions indoor; shade outdoor
Soil likes a well-drained potting mix – add peat
Hardiness tender (zones 17,23,24)--needs humidity indoors
 
Morphology:
Leaves fronds single pinnate, with linear, slender slightly branched pinnae – some varieties white-striped or frilly at tips
Flowers none
Fruit sori continuous along margins
 
Propagation:
division, spore
 
Usage:
used in dish gardens, terraria, small containers – could be used in protected moist areas outdoors
 
Landscape Care:
Watering average water – needs less than most ferns
Fertilizing balanced 1/2 strength, monthly
Pruning remove dead, damaged fronds
Pests/Diseases root rot in poorly drained conditions
Special Conditions/Other don't allow to remain waterlogged
 
Origin: Tropical Africa
Family: Polypodiaceae

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