Adiantum raddianum (Delta Maidenhair)

Elegant and fast-growing, Adiantum raddianum (Delta Maidenhair) is a tufted evergreen fern with smooth, purplish-black stalks bearing triangular, 3-pinnate, lacy fronds composed of rounded, fan-shaped segments. Emerging light green, they darken with age and can reach 18 in. in length (45 cm). Popular as a houseplant, it is long-lived if it receives sufficient humidity and is not exposed to drafts.

• Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society for its outstanding qualities
• Grows up to 1-2 ft. tall and wide (30-60 cm).
• A part to full shade lover, it is best grown in moist, well-drained soils. If grown in full shade, the foliage will lose its vitality. As a houseplant, grow it in bright indirect light in the summer and full light in the winter.
• A great choice for beds and borders, underplanting shrubs and roses, or containers.
• Virtually disease free. Deer resistant.
• The plant requires little pruning other than the removal of dead leaves. Propagate by spores.
• Native to Tropical Americas, West Indies
• Find where this species is invasive in the United States.