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Polypodiaceae
Common polypody
Polypodium vulgare
Also known as Ctenopteris vulgaris, Polypodium vulgare var. obtusum, Rock polypody, Wall fern
Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Fern · Evergreen · Shade · Humid · Houseplant · Air-Purifying · Woodland · Moisture-Loving · Cool · Indirect-Light
This evergreen fern thrives in cool, humid conditions with consistent moisture and indirect light. It makes an excellent houseplant or outdoor shade garden specimen. Provide good air circulation and avoid letting the soil dry out completely.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 80°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Spore, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 12 in
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Free State, FøRoyar, Germany
Sources: trefle, usda
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