Botanical Name: Pteris cretica ‘Mayii’
Common Name: Variegated table fern
Type of Plant: fern: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape Clumping, upright fern with long slender fronds, spreading by rhizomes; fronds are nearly linear on long petioles
Height to 2'
Spread to 2'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure in/outdoor partial shade to shade outdoors, like bright light indoors
Soil well-amended outdoor soil, average potting soil
Hardiness tender, Zones 17, 23-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnately divided fronds to 18" long, very narrow, but often finely divided toward ends; variegated with yellowish center region
Flowers none
Fruit linear sori, continuous along margins
 
Propagation:
spore, division, tissue culture
 
Usage:
dish garden or terrarium subject, in containers and raised planters, covered patios, atrium gardens in mass plantings; tropical fern for groundcover effect
 
Landscape Care:
Watering needs regular watering; more drought tolerant than most ferns
Fertilizing balanced, half strength, monthly
Pruning remove dead fronds, clean out occasionally
Pests/Diseases root rot in poorly drained conditions
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Tropical Africa
Family: Polypodiaceae

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