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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

Dryopteris lepidopoda (Sunset fern)

Other names: Dryopteris filix-mas subsp. khasiana, Dryopteris junlianensis, Dryopteris longistipes, Dryopteris nigra, Dryopteris taiwanicola

D. lepidopoda is a clump-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen fern with upright to slightly arching fronds, orange-pink to orange-red when young, then yellow, and maturing to dark green.
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0.6m max. spread

0.6m 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

Stegnogramma pozoi (Stegnogramma )

Other names: Swamp fern, Thelypteris pozoi, Gymnogramma mollissima, Leptogramma mollissima

S. pozoi is a terrestrial or epiphytic, boderline hardy, deciduous to semi-evergreen fern bearing erect to arching, lance-shaped, pinnate, bright green fronds with hairy, oblong, rounded, paired pinnae. Spores are produced from late spring to late summer.
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0.8m max. spread

0.6m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Asparagus densiflorus 'Myersii' (Plume asparagus)

Other names: Foxtail fern, Asparagus meyeri, Asparagus 'Myers', Asparagus densiflorus 'Meyersii', Asparagus densiflorus 'Meyers'

'Myersii' is a tender, compact, tuberous, evergreen perennial with upright to arching stems bearing smaller, leaf-like, bright green stems. Racemes of insignificant, white flowers in summer are followed by bright red fruit.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Athyrium pycnocarpon (Glade fern)

Other names: Narrow-leaved glade fern, Diplazium pycnocarpon, Silvery spleenwort, Narrow-leaved spleenwort, Asplenium pycnocarpon, Homalosorus pycnocarpon, Diplaziopsis pycnocarpa, Ostrich fern

A. pycnocarpon is a clump-forming, rhizomatous, deciduous fern with arching, sterile fronds and erect, fertile fronds, both divided into narrowly lance-shaped pinnae.
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0.9m max. spread

0.9m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Osmunda regalis (Royal fern)

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

2.5m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive fern)

Other names: Bead fern, Japanese ostrich fern, Ostrich fern

O. sensibilis is a deciduous fern with broad, pale green, lobed fronds.
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2.5m max. spread

0.6m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken)

Other names: Adder's spit, Brake fern, Eagle brake, Eagle fern, Fern of God, Hog brake, Pasture brake, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern

P. aquilinum is a vigorous, coarse, rhizomatous, deciduous fern with arching to nearly horizontal, triangular, bi- or tri-pinnate, mid-green fronds.
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2m max. spread

1.2m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Onychium japonicum (Carrot fern)

Other names: Claw fern, Sichuan lace, Onychium japonicum 'Sichuan Lace', Japanese claw fern

O. japonicum is a clump-forming, borderline hardy, deciduous fern with wiry, black stems bearing upright to arching, dark green, tripinnate fronds with feathery, finely-divided pinnae.
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1m max. spread

0.4m max. height

5-10 years to maturity