One of the nicest settings I've seen for Cinnamon Fern is as a focal point by a frog or fish pond.  It's striking in moist, shady areas with its tall cinnamon-colored stalks and lovely green fronds.
 
     Cinnamon Fern likes moist soils and partly shady areas.  It makes an attractive accent and can climb to heights of 5 feet or more.  
 
     Its spring “fiddleheads” unfurl into large yellow-green summer fronds that yellow in the fall.  This fern owes its name to the cinnamon-colored spore cases that appear on the stalks in late spring.
 
     Fun fact: The osmunda fiber used to pot orchids comes from the roots of these ferns. (NC Extension)