• Image of Onychium japonicum 'Waterfall Trail' taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
    Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG

Onychium japonicum 'Waterfall Trail'

Waterfall Trail Cat's Claw Fern

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Shop Available Onychium

Item #: 9829

Zones: 7b to 10b

Dormancy: Winter

Height: 15" tall

Culture: Light Shade

Origin: Taiwan

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


Logo indicating plant is one of Plant Delights' Introductions
(aka Onychium A1TW-154) Onychium japonicum 'Waterfall Trail' is a plant we first spotted hiking on our way to the Taoshan Waterfall in Taiwan's Taichung County at 7,000' elevation. Our offerings are spore-grown plants from what was a diminutive 4" plant in the wild that grew clinging to the cracks in the steep rocky cliff. In the garden, Onychium 'Waterfall Trail' has formed a very compact clump but to 15" tall. The compact clump also spreads quite slowly compared to the other forms of Onychium japonicum that we've grown. The lacy green, deer-resistant leaves create a wonderful fine texture in the open/light shaded woodland garden.