Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Bright shade
Water
Constantly damp
Mature size
30–60 cm
First harvest
Fronds in one season
Family
Pteridaceae
Where it grows
Balcony, Garden / ground
Good for
Biodiversity, Flowers & beauty
Sow in
Monsoon
Care
Let it seed itself into a damp brick wall; it prefers that to a pot.
A white-backed fern that colonises damp walls and cut slopes on its own.
Growing it
Let it seed itself into a damp brick wall; it prefers that to a pot.
What it is for
Wall and slope greening in humid regions.