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Button Fern
Button Fern
A compact fern with glossy round leaflets, in a 12cm grow pot.
- Moderate care
- Low to medium indirect
- Keep lightly moist
- 12cm grow pot
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Button Fern
R 110.00
About this plant
About this plant
Button Fern
Also known as Pellaea Rotundifolia
Requires low - medium indirect sunlight as long as it is not exposed to direct sun.
Loves higher humidity levels.
Soil should be moist at all times however not soggy.
Note: Each individual plant is unique. This image is an example only, however the plant you receive will be as close as possible to this image description.
Note: Stem length indicated above is a guide to the estimated length rather than an exact length that you will receive.
Delivery and packaging
Delivery and packaging
We deliver nationwide with The Courier Guy: Pudo locker R89 or to your door R145. Gauteng customers can also collect in Boksburg (R25).
Orders ship from our depot within 7 working days, and most are on their way sooner. A few rarer plants are ordered in specially for you, which is why we allow 7 days. Couriers don't deliver on weekends.
Every order is packed by hand to survive the courier.
Healthy arrival guarantee
Healthy arrival guarantee
If your plant arrives dead or damaged, we replace it. Just let us know within 24 hours of receiving it and send us a few photos.
For everything else, see our refund policy.
Meet the plant
A fern with neat round leaflets
Pellaea rotundifolia · also known as Button fern, round-leaf fern
Native to New Zealand
A small, low fern with arching fronds lined in glossy, dark green round leaflets. It looks neater and less feathery than most ferns.
- A button fern in a 12cm grow pot, a compact fern that fits a desk or shelf.
- Arching fronds lined with glossy, button-round leaflets look tidy and unusual.
- Happy in low to medium indirect light, so it suits spots away from the window.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
Low to medium indirect light, out of any direct sun, such as a south-facing room or a few metres from a bright window. Higher humidity keeps it lush.
Care card
- Light
- Low to medium, indirect
- Water
- Moist, not soggy
- Humidity
- High
- Temperature
- 13 to 25°C, no frost
- Soil
- Light, well-drained
- Feeding
- Light, monthly in summer
- Growth
- Slow, compact
- Outdoors
- Best indoors
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Place it in low to medium indirect light, away from direct sun.
- Water when the surface starts to dry, keeping the soil moist but never soggy.
- Raise humidity with a pebble tray or by grouping it with other plants.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Yellow, limp frondsSoggy soil. Let the surface dry a little and check the pot drains.
- Crispy brown leafletsDry air or dry soil. Water more evenly and add humidity.
- Pale, bleached frondsToo much sun. Move it into softer, indirect light.
Questions
Good to know
How big is the plant?
How big is the plant?
A plant in a 12cm grow pot. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
Is it a good bathroom plant?
Is it a good bathroom plant?
Yes, a bright bathroom with indirect light gives it the humidity it likes.
Should I mist it?
Should I mist it?
Misting helps in dry Highveld air, but a pebble tray is more effective.
Packed to arrive alive
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