Comptonia peregrina - Plant

Description

Comptonia peregrina is an upright, deciduous shrub (typically growing 2-4 tall) which features simple, narrow, lustrous, pinnatifid, deeply notched, olive to dark green leaves (to 4 long).

Plant Specifications

Planting and care

Sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina) is a native plant, one of my favorites, valued for its resinous aroma. That aroma always transports me in time back to summer days hiking in the White Mountains along sunny dirt roads lined with sweet fern when I was nine years old.

Comptonia peregrina care

Did the cheery-looking box of Mickey Mouse adhesive bandages that my friend Bill handed me actually contain adhesive bandages? No. Instead, fuzzy green buds spilled out. An illicit drug? No again. Those,buds, were sweet fern seeds, which Bill suggested planting.

Comptonia peregrina special feature

A good shrub for areas with poor soils, such as along alleys, waste areas or roads. An interesting and vigorous plant for native plant gardens or naturalized areas where it can be left alone to colonize. Also a good plant for stabilizing slopes or embankments.

Comptonia peregrina uses