Dryopteris carthusiana (Narrow buckler fern)
Other names: Wood fern, Dryopteris spinulosa
D. carthusiana is a deciduous to semi-evergreen fern with creeping rhizomes producing clumps or tufts of narrowly lance-shaped, bi- or tripinnate, pale green fronds.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Cyrtomium fortunei (Fortune's cyrtomium)
Other names: Hardy Japanese holly fern
C. fortunei is an upright evergreen fern, with pale-green, broad, smooth fronds that do not look like a fern.
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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 |
Woodwardia unigemmata (Asian chain fern)
W. unigemmata is a spreading, evergreen fern with arching, broadly lance-shaped, pinnate fronds, bright red when young, fading to brown, then maturing to green. Pinnae are curved, lance-shaped, and finely toothed.
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3m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Regal Red' (Japanese painted fern 'Regal Red')
'Regal Red' is a clump-forming, rhizomatous, deciduous fern with arching, lance-shaped, bi- or tri-pinnate, silvery-grey fronds, twisted at the frond tips, dark purple at the midribs.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Asplenium trichomanes (Maidenhair spleenwort fern)
Other names: Waterwort, Common spleenwort, English maidenhair, Green spleenwort
A. trichomanes is a small spleenwort fern forming long and narrow fronds, gradually tapering towards the tip.
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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 |
Athyrium 'Ghost' (Lady fern 'Ghost')
'Ghost' is a clump-forming, rhizomatous, deciduous fern with upright, lance-shaped, bi- or tri-pinnate, silvery, grey-green leaves with dark purple midribs.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata' (Male fern 'Crispa Cristata')
'Crispa Cristata' is a deciduous to semi-evergreen fern forming a large clump of lance-shaped, erect to arching, bipinnate, crested, mid- to bright green fronds with crested and crisped 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 niponicum var. pictum 'Red Beauty' (Japanese painted fern 'Red Beauty')
'Red Beauty' is a vigorous, clump-forming, rhizomatous, deciduous fern with reddish-purple stems bearing upright, triangular, bi- or tri-pinnate, silvery grey-green fronds with reddish-purple midribs and veins.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Polypodium cambricum 'Cristatum' (Welsh polypody 'Cristatum')
Other names: Southern polypody 'Cristatum', Polypodium australe 'Cristatum', Polypodium vulgare subsp. serratum 'Cristatum'
'Cristatum' is a terrestrial, deciduous fern bearing broadly lance-shaped to triangular-oval, bipinnate, leathery, mid- green fronds with crested frond tips and linear to oblong, crested pinnae.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Asplenium scolopendrium 'Angustatum' (Hart's tongue fern 'Angustatum')
Other names: Narrow hart's tongue fern 'Angustatum', Phyllitis scolopendrium 'Angustifolia', Asplenium scolopendrium 'Angustifolia'
'Angustatum' is an evergreen fern forming a rosette of erect to arching, narrow, leathery, glossy, bright green fronds with ruffled margins.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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