Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis
Royal fern is a magnificent large fern with flower-like fertile tips, thriving at pond edges, in bogs, and along streams in sun to part shade with constant moisture.
- Family
- Osmundaceae
- Type
- fern
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Landscape uses
- rain garden, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV