Adiantum x tracyi
Adiantum x tracyi is a rare hybrid fern with black stems and lacy, bright green fronds. Sure to delight in the shade garden.
Tracy’s maidenhair fern (Adiantum x tracyi) is an attractive sterile cross between A. jordanii (maternal parent) and A. aleuticum that occurs where the two species grow together in California. It is a protected California native fern. It can grow to 1-2 feet tall and wide with light green, lacy foliage on black stipes. Our tissue cultured clones are heat tolerant.
Common Name: Tracy’s Maidenhair Fern
Family: Pteridaceae (The Maidenhair Fern Family)
Zone Hardiness: 6-9
Light: Part Shade Full Shade Part Sun
Height: 12-24"
Width: 12-24"
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Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
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Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour: Black
Fragrance: No
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Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Rock crevices and on forest slopes.
Award: AGM
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