Bird's Nest Fern - Asplenium antiquum - 1L / 14cm / Small medium

Bird's Nest Fern - Asplenium antiquum - 1L / 14cm / Small mediumIdeal for Beginner plant keepers or beyond. Light Requirements: Medium Light is ideal. Moisture & Soil Requirements: Prefers evenly moist soil with good drainage in warm seasons never soggy soil. Suits self watering planters or regular small top ups. Growth & Nutrients: Up to 1m across but that takes years. Suits apartments or homes of any size. Feed with a dilute general purpose fertiliser for containers from the start of spring each year to autumn

Outdoors (in warm zones): Grows well in dappled shade or filtered sun

Humidity & Ambient requirements: Prefers warm humid environments inside but can deal with most home environments

less frequent in winter

Pinch back growing tips to encourage fuller

drafter conditions require more frequent waterings than cool

Growth & Nutrients: Feed with a general-purpose fertiliser for containers from the start of spring each year to autumn when growth slows down

Let this plant partly dry out between watering

Up to 8m tall and wide

Growth & Nutrients: Grows into a multi-trunked tree

Watch for scale

This process is best achieved Dec-March when the plant is growing fastest

Intense red new growth occurs in cool weather