This fern has a short creeping rhizome that forms a clump and produces tufts of divided arching fronds with a triangular outline. The leaflets are pale-pink when young becoming dark green on maturity and the branched leaf stalk is a purple-black colour.

Hardiness zones 11 to 12

Adiantum peruvianumis naturally found from Ecuador to Peru and Bolivia in South America growing in well drained moderately fertile moist sandy to light clay loams in a semi-shade to bright indirect light. It prefers a moist humid positionwith wind, frost and drought protection.

The Silver Dollar Fern is a elegant foliaged fern that is grown as a specimen in rockeries or around water features and in ferneries. It is also usedas an understorey plant in a gully setting and is suitable for coastal or the adjoining tableland regions.
It is also grown in pots and hanging baskets, in cool climates it is grown as an indoor or glasshouse plant, establishing from division in 2 to 3 years. ID 1283

Adiantum(ă-de-ĂN-tum ) peruvianum(per-roo-vee-ar-num)

Pteridaceae (TE-ri-de-AY-see-ee)
(Adiantaceae)