This is a luxurious grower with lustrous midnight green fronds reverse to a subdued frosted green and the waxy fronds have a bright sheen than glows in the shade. The numerous parallelogram shaped pinnules (leaflets) are overlapping, and combined with the closely spaced pinnae (leaf segments), the effect is one of stunning beauty. One of the most beguiling features of this fern is in the development of the croziers. They begin their unfurling in a normal manner and then flip backwards in a lax droop or tassel fashion, hence the name “Tassel Fern”. Gradually they right themselves and continue with the normal frond development. This fern favors an evenly moist dappled shady site. It does tend to respond to early warming trends and may suffer from crozier die back but it will recover and send up more growth later.

Frond Condition: Evergreen Mature Height: 2' Origin: Japan, Korea Cultural Requirements: Partly Shaded, Full Shade, Evenly Moist USDA Zones: 6,7,8,9