Comptonia peregrina Shrubs and Conifers the old ones will eventually

the old ones will eventually degrade

Christmas fern (known in PC circles as the Seasonal Holiday Fern) is one of the finest of all evergreen ferns and retains its attractive appearance all winter

Acidic soils to pH's near neutral are fine

Because it's evergreen

Comptonia peregrina Shrubs and Conifers the old ones will eventuallyI am not a fern I am a shrub and a fragrant one at that! The common name, sweet fern, sums up its namesake well. Comptonia hails from Canada south to northern Georgia, where it is usually found on sandy dry soils in full sun as well as under an open canopy of sparse pine trees. The thick, fern like, green leaves are deliciously fragrant, as is common in its family, Myricaceae think wax myrtles. Comptonia peregrina spreads by short stolons, so don't