Osmunda cinnamomeum (Cinnamon fern)
Other names: Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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 |
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0.75m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Pteris nipponica (White-striped Cretan brake)
Other names: Variegated table fern, Pteris cretica 'Albolineata', Pteris cretica var. albolineata, Pteris albolineata, Pteris parkeri, Pteris cretica 'Albo Lineata', Silver ribbon fern
P. nipponica is a tender to borderline hardy, creeping, evergreen fern bearing erect to arching, pinnate, green fronds with a broad, creamy-white band down the centre of each pinnae (leaflet).
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 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 |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Dryopteris (any variety) (Buckler fern (any variety))
Other names: Shield fern (any variety), Male fern (any variety)
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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 |
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1m max. height |
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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 |
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2m max. height |
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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 |
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4m max. height |
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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 |
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0.45m max. height |
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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 |
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2m max. height |
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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 |
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4m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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