Polystichum acrostichoides

Fern - Christmas

Christmas Fern has green, shiny foliage. Young fiddleheads in spring are silvery and scaled. Polystichum acrostichoides is evergreen and looks like a Boston Fern. It will not spread or naturalize, but in time the clumps will increase in size. Songbirds will use parts and scale-like hairs in nest construction. Christmas Fern hugs the ground in winter.

PRN Preferred: We love the hardiness and the neat evergreen foliage of this fern.

Height

18 Inches

Spread

24 Inches

USDA Hardiness Zone

Pleasant Run Nursery Preferred Selection

Current Availability

Qty Avail	Description	Comments	Future Crop	Future Crop Ready Date
35	Polystichum acrostichoides #1 (NATIVE-Christmas Fern)		1,280	mid July
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Characteristics & Attributes

Attributes

•	Deer Resistant
•	Erosion Control
•	Evergreen
•	Full Shade
•	Groundcover
•	Native
•	Native - Straight Species
•	Winter Containers

Soil Conditions

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Average

Exposure

•	Full Shade
•	Partial Shade/Shade Tolerant

Special Recognition

•	Perennial Plant of the Year
•	PHS Gold Medal Plant
•	Pleasant Run Nursery Preferred Selection

Tolerance

•	Dry Shade Tolerant

Foliage Color

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Green

Companion Plants to Polystichum acrostichoides

Darmera peltata
Indian Rhubarb/Umbrella Plant

Dicentra x 'Luxuriant'
Bleeding Heart

Similar Plants to Polystichum acrostichoides

Adiantum pedatum
Maidenhair Fern

Dryopteris marginalis
Evergreen Wood Fern