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Asplenium adulterinum
Ladder spleenwort · Corrupt spleenwort · Adulterated spleenwort
Tier 2 Difficulty: hard Water: high Light: partial_sun
Temperature
5–32 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 4–8
Click count
29
Observations
21
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Partial sun
Ladder spleenwort comes from habitats like forest understories or rocky areas that provide natural shade. It prefers Full Shade, though it can tolerate Partial Sun.
Ideal: Partial sun
🌡️ Temperature 5–32.2°C
Ideal temperature: 5–32.2°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
One spring application of fertilizer is generally enough for Ladder spleenwort, though repeated feedings can boost growth. Apply fertilizer every month to six weeks. Fertilization improves the leaves' appearance and function, maintaining even color and healthy texture. It also encourages root development and nutrient uptake for long-term plant health.
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Fern, Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Asplenium
- Family
- Aspleniaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 4-8
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 20 cm
- Mature Spread
- 15 cm to 25 cm
- Leaf Color
- Dark Green, Forest Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Planting Time
- Spring, Autumn
- Native Area
- Norway, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia, Finland, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, France
Tags (4)
Common Names (3)
en Ladder spleenwort
en Corrupt spleenwort
en Adulterated spleenwort