Royal fern
Osmunda regalis
In Dutch: Koningsvaren
FernsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 1 to 2.5 m
- Spread
- 0.5 to 1 m
- Full grown after
- 5 to 10 years
- Sun
- Partial shade
- Soil
- Moist to wet, rich in humus, ideally acid
- Water
- Plenty: the soil must not dry out
- Maintenance
- Low: remove dead fronds in spring
- Flowers
- Does not flower: a fern makes spores
- For bees
- No: a fern has no flowers
- Hay fever
- No pollen
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No, as far as is known
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €3.35 to €4 each, 5-10 cm, in a small pot
- Price, grown
- About €7.99 to €9.75 each, in a large pot
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- no showy flowers
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit