Christmas Fern | Plant Profile

Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) are hardy, evergreen ferns that are native to both dry and moist woodlands in the American Midwest. These ferns are clump-forming and create somewhat of a fountain-like shape. Small medium green leaflets populate the fronds.

Christmas Fern prefers fertile, dry to medium moisture, well drained soils in part shade to full shade.

Christmas Fern are well adapted to shady areas and can tolerate either dry or damp soils, as long as the soils are well drained. They are ideal for massing on hillsides with shallow soils to help with erosion control. Their evergreen fronds bring winter interest to areas in need of color.