Common Name: Tassel Fern
Bloomtime: Insignificant
Exposure: Part shade to full shade
Height: 1.5 to 2 feet (5-7m)
Spread: 1.5 to 2 feet (5-7m)
Water: Medium
Zone: 5
Deer Resistant: Rarely Damaged by Deer.
Characteristics: Needs wet or constantly moist soil., Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system., It grows in an outward-spreading, vase-shaped clump., Crosiers flip over backwards to form tassels as the newly emerging fronds unfurl, hence the common name of tassel fern for this plant. Tassels disappear as fronds flatten with maturity.