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Cystopteris fragilis (Brittle bladder fern)

Other names: Brittle fern, Fragile fern, Aspidium fragile, Cyathea fragilis, Cyclopteris fragilis, Aspidium viridulum, Aspidium dentatum

C. fragilis is a compact, clump-forming, deciduous fern with erect rhizomes bearing lance-shaped, bi- or tripinnate, grey-green fronds with pointed frond tips.
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0.2m max. spread

0.2m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Platycerium bifurcatum (Common staghorn fern)

Other names: Australian elk's horn fern, Elkhorn fern, Antelope ears, Platycerium alcicorne

P. bifurcatum is a variable, evergreen, epiphytic fern with erect or horizontal, rounded, heart-shaped, or kidney shaped, mid-green sterile fronds turning brown with age and forked, densely hairy, grey-green fertile fronds with strap-shaped segments.
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0.9m max. spread

0.9m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Lavandula pinnata ( Fern leaf lavender)

Other names: Jagged lavender

L. pinnata is a tender, compact shrub that has silver-sage green, narrow, fern-like foliage. In mid summer until early autumn it has blue-violet flowers.
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0.45m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Cheilanthes tomentosa (Hairy lip fern)

Other names: Cheilanthes lanosa, Woolly lip fern

C. tomentosa is a low-growing, rhizomatous, evergreen fern with lance-shaped, pinnatifid fronds of rounded, grey-green segments with silvery scales beneath and purple-black, hairy stalks.
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0.3m max. spread

0.3m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Dioon edule (Mexican fern palm)

Other names: Chestnus dioon, Virgin palm , Mexican cycad, Mexican blue chamal, Chamal

D. edule is a slow-growing, evergreen, palm-like perennial with a robust, trunk-like stem topped with a rosette of erect or arching, leathery, pinnate, sharp-tipped, grey- to blue-green leaves with numerous, linear leaflets. Large, hairy, spherical female cones in summer are rarely produced in cultivation.
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1.5m max. spread

1.5m max. height

20-50 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

0.9m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Athyrium otophorum (Eared lady fern)

A. otophorum is a deciduous fern bearing upright, triangular, bipinnate, grey-green fronds, pale green when young, with reddish-purple midribs and rounded pinnae.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Athyrium niponicum var. pictum (Japanese painted fern)

Other names: Athyrium niponicum f. metallicum, Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum', Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum 'Metallicum'

A. niponicum var. pictum is a clump-forming, deciduous fern bearing arching, lance-shaped, pinnate, red- or purple-flushed, silvery-grey fronds with lance-shaped to ovate, notched or lobed pinnae.
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0.6m max. spread

0.3m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Athyrium 'Ghost' (Lady fern 'Ghost')

'Ghost' is a clump-forming, rhizomatous, deciduous fern with upright, lance-shaped, bi- or tri-pinnate, silvery, grey-green leaves with dark purple midribs.
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0.6m max. spread

0.75m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Arachniodes simplicior (East Indian holly fern)

Other names: Indian holly fern, Simplicior holly fern, Arachniodes simplicior 'Variegata', Variegated East Indian holly fern, Arachnoides aristata 'Variegata'

A. simplicior is a tender to half-hardy, slow-growing, evergreen fern bearing thick, glossy, broadly-triangular, dark green fronds divided into three or four pinnae (segments) with sharply-pointed pinnules and a prominent yellow or grey stripe down the centre of each pinnae.
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0.6m max. spread

0.6m max. height

5-10 years to maturity