Matteuccia orientalis (Oriental ostrich fern)
Other names: Matteuccia japonica , Onoclea orientalis
M. orientalis is a deciduous fern with spreading, widely ovate, pinnate, bright green sterile fronds surrounding long, narrower, fertile fronds that emerge near black and turn reddish-brown in autumn.
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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 |
Osmunda claytoniana (Interrupted fern)
Other names: Clayton's flowering fern
O. claytoniana is a clump-forming, deciduous fern with ovate to lance-shaped, bipinnate, pale blue-green sterile fronds surrounding summer-emerging, spore-bearing pinnae, near black when emerging, turning yellow-green and then russet.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Ficaria verna 'Brazen Hussy'' (Lesser celandine 'Brazen Hussy')
Other names: Ranunculus ficaria 'Brazen Hussy'
'Brazen Hussy' is a compact, clump-forming, tuberous perennial with chocolate-brown, almost black, heart-shaped leaves and bright yellow, buttercup-like flowers in early spring.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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