Giant Leather Fern (Acrostichum danaeifolium)
Part shade
Average to high water needs
Size: 6-12 ft tall x 5-10 ft wide
Price: $8.99 (1 gal)
Specimen plant or mass background planting in moist areas. Could be used as a hedge. As this fern gets very tall, it is not appropriate as a groundcover. This fern is not drought tolerant and naturally found in brackish and freshwater marshes and swamps. The fiddleheads are edible and in the past, the fronds have been used as thatch.
https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2191
Average to high water needs
Size: 6-12 ft tall x 5-10 ft wide
Price: $8.99 (1 gal)
Specimen plant or mass background planting in moist areas. Could be used as a hedge. As this fern gets very tall, it is not appropriate as a groundcover. This fern is not drought tolerant and naturally found in brackish and freshwater marshes and swamps. The fiddleheads are edible and in the past, the fronds have been used as thatch.
https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2191
