Fern Seeds – Red

Introduce unique color and texture to your landscape with Red Fern Seeds, a distinctive variety valued for its striking foliage tones and elegant, arching fronds. These ferns offer a refreshing alternative to traditional green varieties, providing rich red hues that stand out beautifully in shaded or partially shaded garden spaces. Perfect for woodland gardens, shaded borders, containers, and naturalized areas, this fern brings year-round visual interest and refined structure to your garden.

Red ferns are easy to maintain once established, adapting well to moist, well-drained soil and thriving in low-light environments where many plants struggle.

Features

• Unique fern variety with attractive red-toned foliage

• Ideal for shade gardens, borders, and woodland plantings

• Adds contrasting color and texture in low-light areas

• Low-maintenance and adaptable to different garden conditions

• Great for containers and naturalized landscapes

Specifications

• Common Name: Red Fern

• Botanical Name: Fern species (varies by strain)

• Color: Red-toned foliage

• Plant Type: Perennial fern

• Foliage Season: Spring through Fall (color varies with maturity and season)

• Planting Season: Spring or Fall

  • Zones 3–4: Start indoors April; transplant late May–June

  • Zones 5–6: Sow outdoors or transplant April–May or September

  • Zones 7–8: Sow outdoors March–April or October–November

  • Zones 9–10: Sow outdoors February–March or October

• Hardiness Zones: Zones 3–10 (depending on species)

• Sunlight: Partial shade to full shade

• Soil Requirement: Moist, well-drained, humus-rich soil

• Germination Time: 21–60 days (fern spores may take longer to establish)

• Plant Height: 12–36 inches, depending on variety

• Growth Habit: Clump-forming, arching perennial