Royal Fern
Osmunda spectabilis
It grows wild in 26 of Kentucky’s 120 counties.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Average to wet soil
- Size
- About 4.5 ft tall, 2.5 ft wide
- Fronds
- Die back in winter, no flowers
- Roots
- Spreading rhizomes or runners; wants 14 in of soil
- Kind
- Fern
At its grown size
fall colorbare for winter
What it feeds
- Caterpillars
- 9 kinds of caterpillars
Grows well with
Black Chokeberry
Sweet WoodreedFacts from the Quercus record for Osmunda spectabilis.