A rather lovely, evergreen fern that is both eye catching and versatile.Each Spring fresh new tongue-like fronds uncurl, creating upright clumps which look super dotted through a woodland floor. It is also valuable for adding vertical interest towards the front of a partially shaded border or for underplanting established trees and shrubs. Once established it will become more tolerant of drier soils.
\nPosition: Shade (including dry shade)
\nSoil: Most types including drier soils
\nRate of growth: Slow
\nFlowering period: N\/A
\nHardiness: Hardy
\nPot size: 9cm
\nEventual height and spread:45cm x 45cm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Hart’s Tongue Fern has an unusual almost tropical appearance, with wide leathery green fronds that are strap shaped and evergreen.Plants form a low clump, best suited to a moist woodland garden in full shade.<\/p>\n
Position: Shade (including dry shade)
\nSoil: Most types including drier soils
\nRate of growth: Slow
\nFlowering period: N\/A
\nHardiness: Hardy
\nPot size: 9cm
\nEventual height and spread:18″ x 18″<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[95,91,85,37,83,49,87,89,71,61,77,67,65,69,63,93],"product_tag":[193,219,182,240,199,180,188,198,187,195,189,197,196,177,194,191],"class_list":["post-2293","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-plants_a-d","product_cat-autumn_plants","product_cat-featured_plants_for_sale","product_cat-plants_for_sale_a-z","product_cat-seasonal_plants_for_sale","product_cat-plants_in_situ","product_cat-spring_plants","product_cat-summer_plants","product_cat-bog_garden_plants_for_sale","product_cat-cool_border_plants_for_sale","product_cat-cottage_garden_plants_for_sale","product_cat-dew_pond_plants_for_sale","product_cat-secret_garden_plants_for_sale","product_cat-spinney_plants_for_sale","product_cat-woodland_plants_for_sale","product_cat-winter_plants","product_tag-buy-plants-online","product_tag-compact","product_tag-cottage-garden","product_tag-dappled-shade","product_tag-devon-plants-for-sale","product_tag-hardy","product_tag-lewis-cottage","product_tag-moorlander","product_tag-ngs-devon","product_tag-online-plant-sales","product_tag-perennial","product_tag-plant-nursery","product_tag-private-garden-tours","product_tag-retentive-soil","product_tag-shade-plants","product_tag-woodland","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=2293"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2293"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}