Cliff Brake Fern
Pellaea spp.
Also known as
Button Fern, Fern
Pellaea viridis Ferndale Park by Poyt448, Peter Woodard (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Partial Shade
Moderate watering
Tender
11b
USDA zone
7°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
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Flowering
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spring
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summer
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autumn
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winter
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Cliff Brake Fern Overview
A genus of around 18 species of fern in the Pteridaceae family with a wide distribution from the Americas to Africa and Australasia. Members of this genus go by the common name cliffbrake and are evergreen or deciduous tufted ferns with divided, pinnate fronds subdivided into smaller leaflets. Cultivated forms include the compact button fern that forms flattened rosettes with green leaflets and contrasting pink-brown stems. These ferns require an ericaceous soil an protection from frost.
How to propagate Cliff Brake Fern
Rhizomes
You can propagate by breaking off rooted pieces of rhizome or spores in summer.