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Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich fern)

Other names: Ostrich-feather fern, Shuttlecock fern

M. struthiopteris is a deciduous fern forming large erect rosettes with bright green, fronds surrounding shorter, brownish fronds.
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2.5m max. spread

1.5m max. height

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

1m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Polystichum aculeatum (Hard shield fern)

P. aculeatum is an evergreen fern with long tapering, finely divided leaves forming a shuttlecock form.
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0.45m max. spread

0.45m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Blechnum spicant (Hard fern)

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

0.5m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair fern)

Other names: American maidenhair

A. pedatum is a hardy, deciduous fern. In early spring, delicate, mid-green leaves unfurl on dark brown, wiry stems and last until autumn.
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0.4m max. spread

0.4m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Gymnocarpium dryopteris 'Plumosum' (Oak fern 'Plumosum')

'Plumosum' is a low-growing, spreading, deciduous fern with triangular, 3-pinnate fronds, each segment (pinnae) is triangular and divided into broadly ovate, overlapping, toothed, scalloped segments. Fronds are light to yellow-green when young, turning dark green with age.
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0.5m max. spread

0.2m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Polystichum setiferum (Divisilobum Group) 'Divisilobum Densum' (Soft shield fern 'Divisilobum Densum')

'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

0.5m max. height

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

0.75m max. height

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

1m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae' (Tatting fern)

Other names: Mrs. Frizell's lady fern, Lady fern 'Frizelliae' , Beaded lady fern

'Frizelliae' is an upright, clump-forming, slowly-spreading, deciduous fern bearing linear, arching, light green fronds with rounded, finely-lobed pinnae along each side of the midribs.
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0.4m max. spread

0.3m max. height

5-10 years to maturity