Buy Pteris ensiformis victoriae - The Majestic Victoria Fern for Your Garden!

Description

Common name:

Fern Pteris Victoria, Victoria Fern

Category:

Ferns, Indoor Plants, Groundcovers

Family:

Polypodiaceae or Fern family

Light:

Semi shade, Shade growing

Water:

Can tolerate more, Requires more

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

Non Flowering

Foliage color:

Variegated, Green, White

Plant Height or length:

50 cms to 100 cms

Plant Spread or Width:

50 cms to 100 cms

Plant Form:

Spreading, Upright or Erect

Special Character:

• Indigenous (native to India)
• Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
• Hanging or weeping growth habit

Generally available in India in quantities of:

Less than a hundred

Plant Description:

- Nation India, Shri Lanka, Austrelia.
- A graceful ferns with short, broad sterile erect fronds.
- Leaflets banded white, bordered green.
- Grow up 45 cm hight.

Growing tips:

- Pteris can be treated and grown as other ferns.
Requires humid conditions and porous media with a lot of organic matter. Well decomposed leaf mould is very good. Its growth slows down during the cooler winter months. In cases of very cold and dry winters it will go into dormancy. Will sprout back when the weather is favourable. Ideal plant for individual pot grown specimens. Temperature tolerance: 16 deg C to 36 deg C