Dryopteris filix-mas 'Depauperata' (Male fern 'Depauperata')
'Depauperata' is an upright, clump-forming, deciduous to semi-evergreen fern bearing ovate, glossy, pinnate, dark green fronds with narrow, widely-spaced pinnae.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dryopteris dilatata 'Crispa Whiteside' (Broad buckler fern 'Crispa Whiteside' )
'Crispa Whiteside' is a deciduous to semi-evergreen fern producing an erect rhizome bearing shuttlecock-like rosettes of upright, arching, triangular-ovate, tripinnate dark green fronds, yellow-green when new, with crisped, toothed segments. Frond mid-ribs and stalks have conspicuous, dark brown scales with darker centres.
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1.2m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Other names: Rusty back, Snake fern, Deer fern
B. spicant is a small evergreen fern with spreading, narrow, dark-green fronds bearing comb-like leaves.
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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 |
Dryopteris dilatata (Broad buckler fern)
D. dilatata is a vigorous, deciduous to semi-evergreen fern bearing shuttlecock-like rosettes of erect to arching, broadly triangular or ovate, tripinnate, dark-green fronds with toothed segments. Frond stalks and mid-ribs are covered with prominent, dark brown scales.
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1.2m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
'Divisilobum Densum' is a spreading, evergreen or semi-evergreen fern, with arching, soft, lance-shaped, tri-pinnate, dark green fronds with overlapping pinnae.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.5m 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 |
'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 |
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 |
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