This plant is particularly suited to garden planting and landscaping purposes. As an ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -5 C (23 F) with some reports of hardiness to -10 C (14 F), succeeding outdoors in the milder areas of Britain where it thrives and often self-sows in Cornish and Scottish west coast gardens. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

The plant can grow in acid, neutral and alkaline soils. It can grow in semi-shade. It strongly resents drought, and does best in moist soil.

This fern produces spores at the age of about 20 years. Reproduction by this species is primarily from spores. 

Location: Shade

Height: 4.5m, 15'

Note: The 'seeds' of this fern are actually spores (very, very tiny). See germination info below. There are 30+ spores per pack.