FERNS
Adiantum Pedatum

Maidenhair Fern

Height: 10-18"
Foliage: Vivid bright green leaves on shiny black stems.
#10876

 
#1 container Mostly shade
Athyrium filix-femina

Lady Fern

Height: 3'
Foliage: Deciduous.  Yellow tint to this fern's foliage makes it a bright spot in the shade.  Good contrast opportunity against darker green plants.  Unusual red hue on new fiddleheads add interest at close range.
#16352
 
#1 container Mostly shade
Athyrium goeringianum 'Pictum'

Japanese Painted Fern

Height: 24"
Foliage: Dramatic high-contrast color is a stand-out against darker greens of the shade garden. Each frond bears darker blue-green central rib that fades to silver variegation at the edges.
#14550

 
#1 container Mostly shade
* 2004 Perennial of the Year
Dennstaedtia punctiloba

Hayscented Fern

Height: 2-3'
Foliage: Pale green, long tapering, lance shaped fronds have a lacy texture.
#10878

 
#1 container Part shade
Dryopteris cycadina-atrata

Shaggy Shield Fern

Height: 24"
Foliage: Semi-evergreen.  Attractive, very dark green, heavily textured foliage.  Distinctive black stems provide an accent.
#10704

 
#1 container Part shadeMostly shade
Dryopteris erythrosora

Autumn Fern

Height: 24"
Foliage: Deciduous.  Young papery fronds display coppery-red color maturing deep green and deeply cut.
#10768

 
#1 container Mostly shade
Matteuccia pensylvanica

Ostrich Fern

Height: 2-5'
Foliage: Deciduous.  Very upright with bold, bright green fronds.
#11536
#14587
 
#1 container
600 pot
Mostly shade
Osmunda cinnamonea

Cinnamon Fern

Height: 3-4'
Foliage: Deciduous.  Foliage is blue-green in summer with new growth covered in white hairs. Fertile fronds are a contrasting cinnamon brown.
#10881

 
#1 container Mostly shade
Osmunda regalis

Royal Fern

Height: 4'
Foliage: Deciduous.  Unique broad leaf fronds are lush and interesting with prominent cane-like stems. Exotic cinnamon-colored spore clusters at the tips of leaf stems.
#10882

 
#1 container Mostly shade
Polystichum acrostichoides

Christmas Fern

Height: 18-24"
Foliage: Semi-evergreen.  Leaflets are shaped like stockings.  Numerous spore producing structures are found at the top of selected fronds.
#10883

 
#1 container Mostly shade
Polystichum polyblepharum

Tassel Fern

Height: 2-3'
Foliage: Evergreen.  Shiny dark green, new fiddleheads are decorated with scaly silver froth and the fronds arch over backwards after they emerge.
#15862

 
#1 container Mostly shade
Polystichum tsus simense

Korean Rock Fern

Height: 12"
Foliage: Evergreen.  Beautiful new fronds unfurl deep purple in hue and mature to rich, dark glossy green with dark stems.
#17733

 
#1 container Mostly shade
 

 
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