Sweet Fern
Botanical Name:
Comptonia peregrina- Despite its name, it is not a fern, but actually a deciduous shrub
- Insignificant greenish flowers, both male and female on the same plant
- Brown burrs contain edible nutlets
- Medium-green leaves, resembling fern fronds, are brown in the fall
- Mounding shrub, spreading by rhizomes
- Bloom Time: Early summer
Hardiness Zone
2
Flower Colour
- Green
Height
30 cm-90 cm
Spread
30 cm-150 cm
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Sweet Fern
Exposure
- Full Sun
- Partial Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture
- Average to Dry Soils
- Well-drained
Attracts Wildlife
- Attracts Butterflies
Growth Rate
- Medium
Foliage Colour
- Green
Critter
- Deer Resistant
Attributes
- Deciduous
- Drought Tolerant
- Edible
- Fragrant
- Native to Ontario
- Salt Tolerant
Flowering Time
- Lt. Spr-Sum
Shape
- Mounding
- Spreading
Garden Uses
- Naturalizing
- Woodland/woods edge
Additional Details
Growing Tips & Maintenace
- Although not a legume, comptonia is a nitrogen fixer. Grows best in full sun, tolerating some shade and thrives in dry, slightly acidic, sandy soil, withstanding poor, even salty soils. If given room, it will colonize (spreading by rhizomes). It is deer resistant.
Additional Notes
- Native to Ontario Comptonia serves as a host plant for some species of butterflies and moths. Leaves have a pleasant fragrance, especially when crushed.
Size: 30cm 2g
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