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Dryopteris erythrosora (Copper shield fern)

Other names: Japanese shield fern, Aspidium erythrosorum, Autumn fern

D. erythrosora is a compact, clump-forming, semi-evergreen fern with broadly ovate, bi- or tripinnate fronds and red young spores (sori). Fronds are bronze- to copper-pink when young turning semi-glossy and dark green with age.
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0.75m max. spread

0.75m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Polystichum setiferum Acutilobum Group (Soft shield fern Acutilobum Group)

Other names: Polystichum setiferum Proliferum Group, Polystichum setiferum 'Proliferum'

Acutilobum Group are evergreen or semi-evergreen ferns, with broad, lance-shaped or oval, finely divided, soft and moss like fronds, clothed with white scales as they unfurl. The largest fronds bear plantlets on the upper-sides.
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1m max. spread

1.5m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Cyrtomium falcatum (Japanese holly fern)

Other names: Fishtail fern, House holly fern , Phanerophlebia falcata, Polystichum falcatum , Japanese netvein hollyfern

C. falcatum is a tender to half-hardy, evergreen or semi-evergreen fern with glossy, spreading, dark green frond with thick, leathery, holly-like pinnae.
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1m max. spread

1m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Miscanthus sinensis 'Ferner Osten' (Eulalia 'Ferner Osten')

Other names: Japanese silver grass 'Ferner Osten', Maiden grass 'Ferner Osten'

Ferner Osten' is a clump-forming, deciduous, perennial grass with arching, linear, mid-green leaves turning orange in autumn, and, in early autumn, feathery panicles of pink-flushed, deep red flowers fading to pink and silver.
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1m max. spread

1.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Dryopteris (any variety) (Buckler fern (any variety))

Other names: Shield fern (any variety), Male fern (any variety)

If you don't know the variety name of your Dryopteris (Buckler, Male, or Shield fern), you can add this plant to your lists to get care advice. Dryopteris (any variety) are clump-forming, deciduous or evergreen ferns with pinnate, triangular or lance-shaped fronds divided into variably shaped pinnae, sometimes crested or crisped.
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1m max. spread

1m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Nephrolepis exaltata (Sword fern)

Other names: Boss fern, Boston fern, Ladder fern

N. exaltata is a tender, clump-forming, evergreen fern with erect to arching, linear, fronds with toothed, sickle-shaped, light green pinnae.
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2m max. spread

2m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Dicksonia antarctica (Soft tree fern)

Other names: Australian tree fern, Tasmanian tree fern, Woolly tree fern

D. antarctica is an evergreen tree fern with a thick reddish-brown, fibrous, trunk-like stem topped with a rosette of long, arching, glossy, deeply divided, dark-green fronds.
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4m max. spread

4m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Polystichum setiferum 'Plumosum Densum' (Mossy shield fern)

Other names: Mossy soft shield fern, Soft shield fern

'Plumosum Densum' is a small, perennial, evergreen fern with fine divided and heavily congested green foliage with feathery tips.
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0.45m max. spread

0.45m max. height

2-3 years to maturity

Dicksonia fibrosa (Golden tree fern)

Other names: Fibrous tree fern

D. fibrosa is an evergreen tree fern with a thick reddish-brown, fibrous trunk and large, arching, deeply divided, dark-green fronds. Due to the fronds being smaller than Dicksonia antarctica it is more suitable to the smaller garden or a courtyard setting.
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2m max. spread

2m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Dicksonia squarrosa (Brown tree fern)

Other names: Wheki

D. squarrosa is a fast-growing evergreen tree fern with a thick reddish-brown, fibrous trunk and large, arching, deeply divided, dark-green fronds, darkly veined underneath.
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4m max. spread

4m max. height

20-50 years to maturity