{"id":7527,"date":"2016-04-18T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7527"},"modified":"2015-09-12T15:06:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-12T19:06:44","slug":"japanese-holly-fern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/04\/18\/japanese-holly-fern\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Holly Fern"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Japanese holly fern (Cyrtomium) In Woodland Area at Biltmore Estate in Early February<\/p><\/div>\n

Japanese Holly Fern (Cyrtomium falcatum<\/i> ‘Rochfordianum’) is a handsome, evergreen fern for gardens in USDA hardiness zones 6-11. It earns its name from its stiffly erect holly-like fronds. Individual fronds are vase-shaped, 1 to 2 \u00bd feet long with glossy, leathery, serrated, holly-like compound leaflets (pinnae). The slender, arching fronds arise from erect, scaly rhizomes just above the soil surface.<\/p>\n

Spore masses are\u00a0light green when young and dark\u00a0at maturity; they\u00a0cling to the backs of\u00a0leafy fronds. Japanese holly fern is evergreen in frost-free growing areas,\u00a0but tends to lose its fronds in colder climates. It also tolerates more sun than many other woodland ferns.<\/p>\n

It is best grown in compost-rich, well-drained soil with medium moisture and in part shade to full shade. Annual mulching around\u00a0holly fern\u00a0is beneficial; it does not\u00a0ask for\u00a0much feeding. It tolerates dry air, low light and gas fumes in the home better than most ferns. Extreme summer dry spells\u00a0or too much sun will singe pinnae.<\/p>\n

Holly fern develops into an\u00a0effective groundcover and\u00a0can be grouped to edge\u00a0a woodland or shady border. It performs well\u00a0in containers either planted by itself or mixed with other woodsy perennials.\u00a0Holly fern\u00a0also makes a\u00a0great indoor plant in the\u00a0colder parts of the U.S.\u00a0Holly fern is not troubled by disease or pest problems. Problems with root rots or leaf spotting may\u00a0indicate a poor site. Deer and rabbits usually stay away from the sharp needle foliage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Japanese Holly Fern (Cyrtomium falcatum ‘Rochfordianum’) is a handsome, evergreen fern for gardens in USDA hardiness zones 6-11. It earns its name from its stiffly erect holly-like fronds. Individual fronds are vase-shaped, 1 to 2 \u00bd feet long with glossy, leathery, serrated, holly-like compound leaflets (pinnae). The slender, arching fronds arise from erect, scaly rhizomes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,605,710,778,674,800,1092,877,1209,551,625,843,812,630,646,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7527"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8057,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions\/8057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}