This elegant lacy-looking German cultivar has a mesmerizing Escher-esque appearance. Intricately cut, three-parted and dense, the overlapping dark green fronds forge a snug erect-arching rosette that remains evergreen in warmer climates but may need winter protection in colder locales. Unimpeded by deer and deep shade, Soft Shield Fern lends filigree-fine accents to bouquets and the shadows of borders, rockeries, cottage gardens or woodland plantings, where it partners well with Hellebores, but detests water-logged soil.

Size: 12" – 18" high x 12" – 18" wide.

Hardy to zone 6.