Add a rare and eye-catching texture to your shade garden with the Dragon’s Tail Fern (Asplenium ebenoides)—a unique hybrid fern known for its elongated, lobed fronds resembling a dragon’s tail. This compact, hardy plant thrives in low-light spaces and is perfect for woodland gardens, rock features, and containers.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Rare hybrid fern with distinctive “dragon tail” foliage
• Thrives in part shade to full shade
• Low-maintenance & drought-tolerant once established
• Ideal for rock gardens, borders & containers
• Compact size—perfect for small spaces

What You’ll Receive

• Quantity: 1 live plant
• Size: 3.5” nursery pot
• Condition: Healthy, well-rooted plant
• Carefully packaged for safe delivery

Plant Details

• Botanical name: Asplenium ebenoides
• Type: Perennial fern
• Height: 6–12 inches
• Spread: 12–18 inches
• Foliage: Deep green, semi-evergreen
• Growth habit: Compact, clumping

Care Instructions

• Light: Part shade to full shade
• Water: Moderate; prefers moist, well-drained soil
• Soil: Rich, organic, well-draining
• Maintenance: Minimal—remove old fronds as needed

More tolerant of drier soil than most ferns once established

Hardiness

• USDA Zones: 5–9
• Semi-evergreen in mild climates
• Mulch recommended in colder regions

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.