Get Your Hands on the Stunning Compact Lace Fern - Nephrolepis exaltata whitmanii compacta

Description

Common name:

Compact Lace Fern

Category:

Ferns, Groundcovers, Indoor Plants

Family:

Polypodiaceae or Fern family

Light:

Sun growing, Semi shade

Water:

Normal, Can tolerate more

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

Non Flowering

Foliage color:

Green

Plant Height or length:

Less than 50 cms

Plant Spread or Width:

Less than 50 cms

Plant Form:

Spreading

Special Character:

• Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
• Hanging or weeping growth habit
• NASA plant for Indoor pollution control

Generally available in India in quantities of:

Less than a hundred

Plant Description:

- Very similar to the whitmanii but a mouch more compact form.
- Leaves do not get to more than 20 to 25 cms long.
- This fern is very similar to Smithii - but the leaves are stiffer and darker green.
- They are also not as cut as the Smithii.
- Excellent for use as a ground cover or as a small edge plant in semi shade locales.

Growing tips:

- One problem is that it has a tendency to revert back to a lesser divided form. Such forms should be immediately removed.
- General, prefers moderate humidity.
- Semi shade and porous compost.
- Regular water growing periad from march to september.
- Indoor plant that can be grow outdoors in warm areas.
- They require good, indirect light indoors & monthly feeding.
- Hardy & easy to cultivate, it enjoy a moist soil of slight acidity.
- P.H - 5 - 6.5.