Botanical Name: Common Names:
Pteris cretica Cretan Brake Fern,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Indoor Plants, Palms, Ferns & Tropical Clumping
Description:
Elegant fern with arching pale-green fronds that grow in a clump. Great for containers, rockeries or in a shady, sheltered position in the garden. Perfect indoor fern. Grows approx. 80cm tall x 60cm wide.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
60cm-1m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Semi Shade, Shade Loam, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Foliage Feature / Colour, Groundcover, Indoor Plant, Shady Garden, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Aphids, Caterpillars, Scale, Snails And Slugs
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Keep moist during dry periods, Liquid feed, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Pteridaceae Europe
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Insignificant
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: N/A
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Low
Frost: Tender
Wind: Low
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