Mother Fern coastal exposure With its lush green leaves

With its lush green leaves and sweet

evergreen California native shrub with very tiny and very dark green leaves with a quilted

Before shedding their leaves

Best in USDA zones 5-8

Mother Fern coastal exposure With its lush green leavesAsplenium bulbiferum is a beautiful fern with glossy, pale green, arching foliage prized for its graceful habit and unique ability to produce baby plants known as bulbils along its fronds. This unusual characteristic gives Asplenium bulbiferum its common names of Mother Fern, Hen and Chicken Fern, and Mother Spleenwort. Lacy and luxuriant, Mother Fern adds texture and elegance in a shady garden. Mother Fern is a medium size fern that spreads 3 ft.