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** Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 Bank Holiday - Mail Order Deliveries **

Due to the first week in June being a 3 day working week we are planning to suspend dispatching plants during that week. We will do our best to get any existing orders sent this coming week (commencing 23rd MAY). Orders received after 20th May could be subject to delay as our courier is expecting the following week (commencing 6th June) to be very busy.

If your order is urgent please let us know and we will see what we can do.

Buy 6 or more tender, half-hardy or exotic plants online and get 20% off

20% off Hardy Shrubs until 30th June

Phlebodium aureum areolatum

Common Name: Blue Bear’s Paw
Plant Family: Polypodiaceae
Plant Type: Half-Hardy Fern

Buy 6 or more Tender and half-hardy plants online and get 20% off

Previously listed as P. aureum. A striking fern with large, coarsely cut glaucous bluish grey fronds. Likes to grow in a shallow pot, where its hairy rhizomes will eventually creep over the edge.

Great for a shady corner or bathroom. The bluish appearance on the fronds is due to a light layer or epicuticular wax. This can burn off if the plant gets too much sun so keep away from direct sun. This fern also likes reasonable humidity and is well suited to being grown in a bathroom.

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POT SIZE/QUANTITY: 9 cm
RHS Award of Garden Merit: Yes
Season of Interest: All year round
Sun or Shade: Part Shade to Full Shade
Height: low (up to 3 feet)
Minimum temperature: Frost tender (plus 1 to 5 deg. C.)
Position/Situation: Shady spot indoors/under glass
Suggested Use: Houseplant
Leaf Colour: Blue
Habit/Shape: Spreading
Evergreen: Yes

Availability:

6 in stock

Price: £6.50

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Delivery Info
Pot Sizes

Mainland UK	£8.50 -£10	Local delivery Postcodes IP1 through to IP8 & CO10 (minimum order value £25)	FREE
Seeds & cuttings only	£2	Collect from our Nursery (Elmsett, Suffolk, IP7 6LZ)	FREE
Scottish Highlands & offshore Islands	From £10	We only send plants & seeds to UK locations (excl. Northern Ireland) Sorry we cannot ship to any other Country due to British Plant Health regulations on the export of plants post Brexit. There are no exceptions unfortunately

See our delivery information page for details

Unless otherwise indicated our plants are supplied in the following pot sizes according to category. Dimensions refer to either the pot diameter (cm) or volume (litre);

Exotics/Conservatory & House Plants, Succulents: mostly as young plants in 9cm (approx. 0.5 litre) or 1 litre pots
Hardy Perennials, Ferns and Grasses: 1 litre (approx. 12cm diameter)
Herbs: 9cm (approx. 0.5 litre)
Hardy Shrubs and Climbers: 1.5 or 2 litre
Potted Bulbs: variable- please see "Quantity or Pot size" on plant information page
Dormant Bulbs, Tubers and Bare-root perennials come either bagged or wrapped without a pot

The exact size of plants will vary with the growing season and may be cut back in accordance with normal pruning regimes or to fit in the box if they are excessively tall.

Goes well with

Pteris cretica var. albolineata£6.50

Cretan Brake, Table Fern

A colourful indoor fern with green and white fronds. Ideal for any room in the house providing it doesn't get strong direct sun.