Sweet-fern

Tagged as: Plants for Shady Sites, Low growing shrubs, native

Common Name:Sweet-fern
Botanical Name:Comptonia peregrina

Updated 3/2012

Form	Leaf

Height: 2-4'  Spread: 4-8'  Habit/Form: Erect spreading  Growth Rate: Slow/Medium
Zone: 2-5

Cultural requirements: Sun to part shade; prefers acidic, sandy to gravelly soil, but adaptable to poor, infertile soil; aggressively colony forming; dourght, salt and heat resistant.

Ornamental Characteristics:  aromatic, fern-like foliage

Use in Landscape:  Erosion control, naturalizing

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