Buy bird’s nest fern Asplenium nidus: Delivery by Waitrose Garden

Asplenium nidus

bird’s nest fern

Eventual height & spread

Asplenium nidus

bird’s nest fern

12cm pot | 20cm tall
£9.99
In stock (shipped within 1-2 working days)

12cm pot | with aluminium pot
£22.98
In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

12cm pot | with rough cast bowl
£40.38 £47.98
In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

6cm pot | 11cm tall
£4.99
available to order from autumn

6cm pot | with white pot
£6.88
available to order from autumn

12cm pot | with white pot
£14.58
sold out

Delivery options

Standard £5.99
Named Day £10.99

Position: bright, indirect light
Soil: good quality potting compost
Rate of growth: average
Hardiness: tender (indoors only)
Current height: approximately 20cm (+ or - 10% including the pot)
Pot cover: choose a 14cm pot cover to give a good fit over the pot

Lance-shaped fronds, each with a slightly wavy edge, form a distinctive shuttlecock-like effect. Initially the fronds of this asplenium are a light lime colour, however they soon mature to a deeper, richer green.

It has a really striking silhouette, so Asplenium nidus looks good on its own, but it can also be used in a mixed indoor arrangement, where it will add structural interest to plants with a much softer leaf shape.

Please note that the pot in the photograph is not supplied with the plant (which is sent out in a simple nursery alternative), but we have a wide and wonderful range on our website to choose from.

Home care:

Avoid handling the newly emerging fronds and water regularly in the growing season so that the compost remains moist but not waterlogged. Mist the leaves regularly with water - particularly in winter when the central heating is turned on. Maintain temperatures above 10°C in winter and repot in spring if required.