FERNS
COMMON NAME: Chinese ladder fern or Brake fern
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pteris vittata
FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SOIL: Prefers to grow in acidic well-drained soil
TOLERANCE: This plant can tolerate high arsenic concentrations in soil
ORIGIN: China
PLANT HEIGHT: 5 to 8 inches
PROPAGATION: Done through spores called sporangia or it’s easier to divide the rhizomes.
REPOTTING: Carefully repot the plants to new pots or containers yearly once. Repotting should be done when the root ball has been seen outside.
PRUNING: Cut back the dying or irregular fronds to encourage new growth.
- Best crotons & fern plants to decorate both indoors & outdoors.
- This fern plant is low maintenance easy care plant.
- It has landscaping & ornamental values.
- This plant act as a pollution controller.
- Chinese fern plant cleanses the soil which is polluted.
- Chinese ladder fern plants require 6-10 inches of the pot to grow.
- Use well-drained soil with a good organic potting mix.
- This plant requires only moist soil, not to make the soil soggy at the same time not to leave the soil dry.
- Ferns can tolerate only till dryness in the soil.
- The sunlight requirement for this plant is full sunlight with partial shade.