Asplenium rhizophyllum (Walking fern)

Cultivation

Grow in humus-rich, moist, alkaline soil in shade. Water regularly in dry periods. Frond tips will root in contact with moist ground.

Suggested uses

Banks and Slopes, Ground Cover, Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, City, Underplanting, Foliage only

UK hardiness

H7

USDA zones

Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8

Sunset zone

WUCOLS

North-Central Coastal = Unknown
Central Valley = Unknown
South Coastal = Unknown
South Inland = Inappropriate
High and Intermediate Desert = Inappropriate
Low Desert = Inappropriate

Foliage

Semi-evergreen

Habit

Spreading, Clump-forming

Native to

North America

Drought tolerant

No

Flood tolerant

No

Toxicity

Not toxic