• Image of Microlepia strigosa 'MacFaddeniae'|Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC|JLBG
    |Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC|JLBG
  • Image of Microlepia strigosa 'MacFaddeniae'|Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC|JLBG
    |Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC|JLBG
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Microlepia strigosa 'MacFaddeniae'

MacFadden's Rigid Lace Fern

This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

Shop Available Microlepia

Item #: 9625

Zones: 7b to 10b, possibly colder

Dormancy: Winter

Height: 15" tall

Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade

Origin: Japan

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


Microlepia 'MacFaddeniae' was named from the garden of California's Fay MacFadden, who got it from California's Mr. Baldwin Nursery in the 1920s. The name was first published in 1957 by Conrad Morton in the American Fern Society Journal. We planted this unique fern in 2006, and it quickly became one of our favorite hardy garden ferns. The tardily deciduous (evergreen in warmer climates) Japanese Microlepia strigosa 'MacFaddeniae' forms a slowly spreading patch to 3' wide in 5 years, composed of 2' long, narrow, arching, deeply-lobed fronds. Microlepia 'MacFaddeniae' has proven amazingly easy to grow and quite vigorous...we think you'll really like this!