A beautiful and highly decorative New Zealand native fern, creek fern is valued for its low, spreading habit and lush appearance. It is an excellent choice for shaded gardens, stream margins, and mass planting where it forms attractive carpets of foliage.
🌱 Plant Facts
• Growth habit: Low, spreading fern with an erect rhizome
• Foliage: Attractive deep green fronds forming dense colonies
• Form: Excellent as a ground cover or mass planting species
• Height: Up to 30 cm
• Flowering: N/A – spore producing
• Fruiting: N/A
🌍 Natural Habitat
• Found in elevated forest sites with dappled light
• Common in damp, shady environments, particularly beside streams and in boggy forest soils
• Frequently seen along forest tracks and clearings, where it benefits from additional filtered light without exposure to full sun
🌿 Growing Environment
• Shade tolerant
• Wetland tolerant
Prefers consistently moist soils and sheltered conditions.
📍 Endemic Distribution
• Widespread throughout much of New Zealand’s forested regions, including:
o Much of the North Island
o The west, north, and south coasts of the South Island
o Stewart Island / Rakiura
• Also occurs in coastal forests of southeastern Australia
🌾 Uses
• Riparian planting
• Forest restoration
• Ground cover beneath shrubs and trees
• Mass planting in shaded areas
🪴 Cultivation Notes
An easy and rewarding fern to grow provided moisture is available year-round. Best planted in protected, shaded positions with rich, damp soil. Ideal for group planting, where it creates an attractive, natural carpet effect beneath taller vegetation.
📏 Approximate product size:
• PB3/4 (5cm – 20cm, 350ml)
• PB3 (20cm – 50cm, 1.5L)
• PB8 (50cm+, 3.5L)
⏱️ Timeframe:
We ship Monday – Wednesday for South Island customers and Monday/Tuesday for Rural and North Island customers. Orders placed outside these days will be fulfilled the following week.
📦 Local pick ups and/or deliveries will be made by arrangement.
🌱 We’ll donate $1 per plant sold to national conservation efforts, helping to protect and restore New Zealand’s natural heritage
A beautiful and highly decorative New Zealand native fern, creek fern is valued for its low, spreading habit and lush appearance. It is an excellent choice for shaded gardens, stream margins, and mass planting where it forms attractive carpets of foliage.
🌱 Plant Facts
• Growth habit: Low, spreading fern with an erect rhizome
• Foliage: Attractive deep green fronds forming dense colonies
• Form: Excellent as a ground cover or mass planting species
• Height: Up to 30 cm
• Flowering: N/A – spore producing
• Fruiting: N/A
🌍 Natural Habitat
• Found in elevated forest sites with dappled light
• Common in damp, shady environments, particularly beside streams and in boggy forest soils
• Frequently seen along forest tracks and clearings, where it benefits from additional filtered light without exposure to full sun
🌿 Growing Environment
• Shade tolerant
• Wetland tolerant
Prefers consistently moist soils and sheltered conditions.
📍 Endemic Distribution
• Widespread throughout much of New Zealand’s forested regions, including:
o Much of the North Island
o The west, north, and south coasts of the South Island
o Stewart Island / Rakiura
• Also occurs in coastal forests of southeastern Australia
🌾 Uses
• Riparian planting
• Forest restoration
• Ground cover beneath shrubs and trees
• Mass planting in shaded areas
🪴 Cultivation Notes
An easy and rewarding fern to grow provided moisture is available year-round. Best planted in protected, shaded positions with rich, damp soil. Ideal for group planting, where it creates an attractive, natural carpet effect beneath taller vegetation.
📏 Approximate product size:
• PB3/4 (5cm – 20cm, 350ml)
• PB3 (20cm – 50cm, 1.5L)
• PB8 (50cm+, 3.5L)
⏱️ Timeframe:
We ship Monday – Wednesday for South Island customers and Monday/Tuesday for Rural and North Island customers. Orders placed outside these days will be fulfilled the following week.
📦 Local pick ups and/or deliveries will be made by arrangement.
🌱 We’ll donate $1 per plant sold to national conservation efforts, helping to protect and restore New Zealand’s natural heritage
