Flamingo Road Nursery: Foxtail Fern

Flamingo Road Nursery, 3100 Flamingo Rd., Davie, FL 33330, (954) 476-7878

Foxtail Fern
Aparagus densiflorus 'Myers'

PLANT TYPE: Groundcover

AVERAGE SIZE: 12 to 24 inches tall by 8 to 18 inches wide

GROWTH RATE: Medium

LEAF: Lime green; plume-like, looks like tapered bottle brush; about 12 to 24 inches long.

FLOWER: Small white. Fruit: Small white berries.

GROWING CONDITIONS

LIGHT: Medium shade to full sun

WATER: Once established, low water requirements. Ideal is once a week.

CARE: Easy to grow, but has grows in spurts. Trim to remove brown leaves and even the size of the clumps. Fertilize in March, June, and October. Click here for fertilizer coupon!

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Forms beautiful, cloud-like mounds of fine-textured foliage

The Foxtail Fern's unique shape and texture is perfect to break up masses of color or texture in the garden or landscape.

It has stiffly upright stems, with very dense, cylindrical plume-like foliage, giving the plant a fluffy, cloud-like appearance. The stems are like bottle brushes, tapering gradually to the tips.

Foxtail fern is most commonly used as a groundcover but it looks great in hanging baskets, window boxes, and urns. It is an inexpensive and easy to grow houseplant that's sure to be a hit.