{"product_id":"blechnum-spicant","title":"Hard fern (Blechnum spicant)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNative across the temperate Northern Hemisphere—including central Europe, North America, and East Asia—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlechnum spicant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (also known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStruthiopteris spicant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or Hard Fern) offers a structural quality that feels uniquely exotic without being out of place in a woodland garden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis wintergreen species relies on a protective blanket of winter snow or leaves to emerge immaculate in the spring. Its growth habit is defined by a striking contrast: a low, ground-hugging rosette of thick, leathery fronds from where vertically upright fertile fronds are displayed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt flourishes in classic moist, acidic, and humus-rich forest soils, but it is exceptionally tough and adapts well to drier forest conditions—even growing on top of old tree stumps once well established.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis fern works as a structural focal piece when given the space to shine away from taller plants, or massed in large groups to form a dense groundcover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is well suited for zones I–III, provided it receives a blanket of snow or deciduous leaves to protect its foliage from intense frost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Versoverde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54361407357257,"sku":"BLECHNUM-SPICANT","price":7.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/0069\/9465\/files\/blechnum-spicant-2-_1.jpg?v=1779951619","url":"https:\/\/versoverde.fi\/en\/products\/blechnum-spicant","provider":"Verso Verde","version":"1.0","type":"link"}