Miscanthus sinensis 'Ferne Osten' (Eulalia 'Ferne Osten')
'Ferne Osten' is a deciduous grass with sparse, arching yellow-green stems and ruby-red flower panicles fading to silver.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 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 |
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 |
Osmunda regalis 'Purpurascens' (Royal fern 'Purpurascens' )
Other names: Buckhorn brake 'Purpurascens', Herb christopher 'Purpurascens', Blooming fern 'Purpurascens', Rusty fern 'Purpurascens', Osmund royal 'Purpurascens', King fern 'Purpurascens', Common flowering fern 'Purpurascens', Ditch fern 'Purpurascens', Water fern 'Purpurascens'
'Purpurascens' is a hardy, deciduous fern, forming a large clump of bipinnate, green fronds. The fiddleheads are flushed purple in spring and the fronds turn golden in the autumn.
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1.2m max. spread |
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2m 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 |
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 |
Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Polydactyla' (Male fern 'Linearis Polydactyla')
Other names: Many-fingered male fern, Slender crested male fern
'Linearis Polydactyla' is a robust, deciduous to semi-evergreen fern forming a large, shuttlecock-like clump of lance-shaped, forked, erect to arching, mid- to bright green fronds with narrow, widely-spaced pinnae.
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1.2m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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 |
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 |
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