Companion plants for Maidenhair Fern
Maidenhair Fern is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long. It wants full shade and high water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming alongside
Western Sword Fern
Shares full shade and moderate to high water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it; both are North American natives.
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 5.5 ft, for the layer behind it; both are North American natives.
Mountain Laurel
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; stands well above at 9 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both are North American natives.
Salal
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 5.5 ft, for the layer behind it; both are North American natives.
Woodland Stonecrop
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both are North American natives.
Northern Sea Oats
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it; both are North American natives.
Zigzag Goldenrod
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both are North American natives.
Bottlebrush Grass
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both are North American natives.