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 |
Polystichum polyblepharum 'Jade' (Japanese tassel fern 'Jade')
'Jade' is a clump-forming, evergreen fern with arching, lance-shaped, bipinnate fronds divided into glossy, toothed, oblong to ovate, dark green pinnae, yellow green when young.
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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 |
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 |
Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum 'Burgundy Lace' (Japanese painted fern 'Burgundy Lace')
Other names: Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum 'Burgundy Lace', Athyrium nipponicum f. metallicum 'Burgundy Lace', Athyrium 'Burgundy Lace'
'Burgundy Lace' is a rhizomatous, deciduous fern with finely-divided, pinnate, lance-shaped fronds in shades of burgundy, purple, pink and silver.
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1m max. spread |
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0.5m 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 |
Thelypteris palustris (Marsh fern)
Other names: Ground fern, Marsh buckler fern, Thelypteris thelypteroides, Eastern marsh fern, Meadow fern
T. palustris is a rhizomatous, deciduous fern with erect, long-stalked, lance-shaped, pinnate, light green fronds divided into deeply lobed, narrowly lance-shaped pinnae.
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1m max. spread |
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0.6m 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 |
Asplenium bulbiferum (Hen and chickens fern)
Other names: Mother spleenwort, New Zealand common spleenwort
A. bulbiferum is an evergreen fern with soft, feathery dark green fronds.
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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 niponicum 'Godzilla' (Painted fern 'Godzilla')
Other names: Japanese painted fern 'Godzilla'
'Godzilla' is a rhizomatous, deciduous fern forming a wide clump with reddish-purple stems bearing upright to arching, lance-shaped, bi- or tri-pinnate, crested, silvery grey-green fronds.
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1.8m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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