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 |
Other names: Rusty fern, Water fern, Osmund royal, King fern, Common flowering fern, Ditch fern, Buckhorn brake, Blooming fern, Herb christopher
O. regalis is a hardy fern, forming a large clump of bipinnate fronds with russet-brown spores at the tips. The fronds are flushed red in autumn.
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1m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Adiantum hispidulum (Rough maidenhair fern)
Other names: Rosy maidenhair fern, Rosy Australian maidenhair fern, Five-fingered jack, Adiantum pubescens
A. hispidulum is an upright, tufted or clump-forming, borderline hardy, deciduous to semi-evergreen fern with black-stalked, palmate, leathery, glossy, dark green fronds, bronze, pink, or pale green when young, divided into narrowly elliptic pinnae with rectangular or fan-shaped pinnules.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Dryopteris erythrosora var. prolifica (Prolific copper shield fern)
Other names: Buckler fern, Japanese rosy fern, Lacy autumn fern
D. erythrosora var. prolifica is a semi-evergreen fern with crisp, arching fronds that emerge coppery-bronze, maturing to green.
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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 erythrosora (Copper shield fern)
Other names: Japanese shield fern, Aspidium erythrosorum, Autumn fern
D. erythrosora is a compact, clump-forming, semi-evergreen fern with broadly ovate, bi- or tripinnate fronds and red young spores (sori). Fronds are bronze- to copper-pink when young turning semi-glossy and dark green with age.
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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 |
Corydalis cheilanthifolia (Fern-leaved corydalis)
Other names: Ferny corydalis
C. cheilanthifolia is a rosette-forming, evergreen perennial with fern-like, bronze-flushed, light to mid-green leaves and, in spring and summer, dense, spike-like racemes of spurred, deep yellow flowers.
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0.25m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica (Fern-leaved clematis )
Other names: Clematis cirrhosa var. calycina, Clematis calycina, Minorca clematis, Winter-flowering clematis, Evergreen clematis
C. cirrhosa var. balearica is a fragrant, evergreen climber with small, glossy, dark-green leaves and cup-shaped cream flowers with reddish-maroon speckles and prominent cream anthers in late winter and early spring.
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1.5m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Fagus sylvatica var. heterophylla 'Aspleniifolia' (Fern-leaved beech)
Other names: Fagus sylvatica 'Aspleniifolia', Fagus sylvatica f. laciniata 'Aspleniifolia' , Fagus sylvatica var heterophylla 'Asplenifolia'
'Aspleniifolia' is a broad, rounded, deciduous tree with long, narrow, deeply cut and lobed, dark green leaves turning orange-brown in autumn.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Leptinella potentillina (Brass buttons)
Other names: Verdigris brass buttons, Green brass buttons, Verdigris mini ferns, Cotula potentilloides
L. potentillina is a cushion to mat-forming, spreading, evergreen perennial with pinnate, finely-divided, purple-to bronze-flushed, mid- to bright green leaves and insignificant yellow flower heads in summer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.05m max. height |
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2-5 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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