Melinda Myers

Boston Fern

Botanical Name

Nephrolepis exaltata

Hardiness

Zones 10 to 12

Height

2 to 3 feet

Width

2 to 3 feet

Light

Bright indirect or filtered light

Soil

Moist well-drained potting mix

Planting & Care

• Keep soil consistently moist at all times
• Requires high humidity
• Repot and divide overcrowded plants in the spring
• Summer outdoors if plant declines over winter

Problems

Scale, mealybug, slugs, white fly

Varieties

• Bostoniensis - broad, arching fronds
• Fluffy Duffy - fringed foliage, compact
• Fluffy Ruffles - stiff, upright, densely leafed
• Childsii - overlapping, curling leaflets