Giant Leather Fern

Can be cut back to improve appearance, but should not be severely pruned more than once a year.

Spores cover undersides of leaves giving them a bi-color appearance.



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.

Tolerant of inundation with brackish water



High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without injury.

Not drought tolerant.

Used as cover.

Brackish and freshwater marshes, swamps, river floodplains.

• Interesting foliage