Shiny Bristle Fern is a slow-growing erect semi-evergreen fern with very stiff and shiny triangular dark green fronds.  Best color in part shade and rich, acidic and moist well-drained soils. 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Do not let soils dry out.  No serious pest or diseases.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Ponds and Streams, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Tea Berry, Alumroot, Azalea

IMAGE: peganum from Small Dole, England, Arachniodes davalliaeformis - Flickr - peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown