Athyrium filix-femina (Lady fern)
Other names: Tatting fern
A. filix-femina has lacey fronds radiating from a central crown in a fresh green. It is a fast-growing fern forming a clump of lacy, bipinnate, lance-shaped fronds, and the leaf segments have toothed margins. In some plants the midrib is red, in others green.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae' (Tatting fern)
Other names: Mrs. Frizell's lady fern, Lady fern 'Frizelliae' , Beaded lady fern
'Frizelliae' is an upright, clump-forming, slowly-spreading, deciduous fern bearing linear, arching, light green fronds with rounded, finely-lobed pinnae along each side of the midribs.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dryopteris affinis (Polydactyla Group) 'Polydactyla Dadds' (Scaly male fern 'Polydactyla Dadds')
Other names: Many-fingered male fern 'Polydactyla Dadds', Golden male fern 'Polydactyla Dadds'
'Polydactyla Dadds' is a vigorous, erect, semi-evergreen fern forming a rosette of narrow, arching, dark green fronds with multi-forked pinnae.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dryopteris affinis 'Congesta Cristata' (Scaly male fern 'Congesta Cristata')
'Congesta Cristata' is a dwarf, semi-evergreen fern forming a congested rosette of erect to arching, lance-shaped dark green fronds, pale green when young in spring, and heavily crested at each frond apex.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Polypodium cambricum 'Richard Kayse' (Welsh polypody 'Richard Kayse')
Other names: Southern polypody 'Richard Kayse', Polypodium vulgare subsp. serratum 'Richard Kayse', Polypodium australe 'Richard Kayse'
'Richard Kayse' is a terrestrial, evergreen fern bearing lance-shaped to triangular-oval, bipinnate, leathery, mid- to bright green fronds with broad, deeply-cut, feathery pinnae.
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0.25m max. spread |
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0.35m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
'Polydactyla Mappleback' is a vigorous, upright, semi-evergreen fern forming a rosette of narrow, arching, crested and forked, dark green fronds with crested pinnae.
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1m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dryopteris x australis (Dixie wood fern)
Other names: Dixie woodfern
D. x australis is a robust, clump-forming, deciduous to semi-evergreen fern with narrow, erect, glossy, lance-shaped, bipinnate, dark green fronds.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Apple Court' (Japanese painted fern 'Apple Court')
Other names: Crested Japanese painted fern
'Apple Court' is a vigorous, clump-forming, rhizomatous, deciduous fern with reddish-purple stems bearing arching, triangular, bipinnate, crested, silvery grey-green fronds with reddish-purple midribs and veins.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dryopteris clintoniana (Clinton's wood fern)
Other names: Dryopteris cristata var. clintoniana
D. clintoniana is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen fern with broadly lance-shaped, pinnate fronds with paired, lobed pinnae above triangular basal pinnae.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Athyrium vidalii (Vidal's lady fern)
Other names: Japanese lady fern
A. vidalii is a deciduous fern with upright to arching, purple-red stems bearing light to yellow-green fronds, red-flushed when young.
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0.7m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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