Scientific Name
Osmunda cinnamomea

Common Name
Cinnamon fern


Zones:  4-9






Height: 24 to 48"
Deciduous/Evergreen: Deciduous
Fronds: Circular cluster of arching fronds; sterile fronds are lanceolate, pinnate-pinnatified with dense rusty hairs beneath base of each pinna; pinna are narrow, lance shaped, pointed, deeply cut and nearly opposite; bright cinnamon colored fertile fronds, produced in late spring and die by mid-summer
Comments: Compact, horizontal rhizome; easy to grow; vigorous; prefers moist to wet soil in sun or shade; may go dormant with dry soil; slow to establish but long lived
Cultivars: N/A
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