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 |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Athyrium vidalii (Vidal's lady fern)
Other names: Japanese lady fern
A. vidalii is a deciduous fern with upright to arching, purple-red stems bearing light to yellow-green fronds, red-flushed when young.
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0.7m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Athyrium 'Ursula's Red' (Japanese painted fern 'Ursula's Red')
Other names: Athyrium niponicum 'Ursula's Red', Athyrium nipponicum 'Ursula's Red', Athyrium goeringianum 'Ursula's Red', Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Ursula's Red'
'Ursula's Red' is a deciduous, rhizomatous fern with pinnate, lance-shaped fronds that are green for the first year and, from the second year on, are bi-coloured with shades of purple, black, white and pink.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Polystichum rigens (Rigid holly fern)
Other names: Tassel fern, Rigid tassel fern
P. rigens is a compact, mound-forming, evergreen fern with arching, triangular, leather, bipinnate, mid-green fronds with stiff, pointed tips.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dicentra 'Amore Pink' (Amore Series) (Bleeding heart 'Amore Pink')
Other names: Fern-leaf bleeding heart 'Amore Pink'
'Amore Pink' is a compact, mound-forming, herbaceous perennial with finely-divided, blue-green leaves and upright stems bearing pendent, pink flowers from late spring into summer.
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0.35m max. spread |
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0.25m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Dicentra 'Burning Hearts' (Bleeding heart 'Burning Hearts')
Other names: Fern-leaf bleeding heart 'Burning Hearts'
'Burning Hearts' is a vigorous, compact, mound-forming, herbaceous perennial with finely-divided, blue- to grey-green leaves and, from late spring into summer, arching racemes of heart-shaped, deep reddish-pink flowers with white margins.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.25m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Dicentra 'Ivory Hearts' (Fern-leaf bleeding heart 'Ivory Hearts')
'Ivory Hearts' is a compact, mound-forming, herbaceous perennial with finely-divided, blue-green leaves and upright stems bearing pendent, heart-shaped, creamy-white flowers from late spring into summer.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Bidens ferulifolia 'Sun Kiss' (Fern-leaved beggar-ticks 'Sun Kiss')
Other names: Bidens ferulifolia 'Balbidsuki', Bur marigold 'Sun Kiss', Apache beggarticks 'Sun Kiss'
'Sun Kiss' is a tender, compact, mound-forming, short-lived perennial, often grown as an annual, bearing pinnate leaves with linear to lance-shaped, dark green leaflets and slender stems bearing single, bright yellow flowers from summer into autumn.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Bidens ferulifolia 'Beedance Painted Red' (Fern-leaved beggar ticks 'Beedance Painted Red')
Other names: Fern-leaf beggar ticks 'Beedance Painted Red', Bidens ferulifolia 'Sunbidevb 2'
'Beedance Painted Red' is a tender, mound-forming, short-lived perennial, often grown as an annual, bearing pinnate leaves with linear to lance-shaped, dark green leaflets and, from late spring into autumn, slender stems bearing bright yellow flowers with broad, orange-red petal tips.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ficaria verna (Lesser celandine)
Other names: Ficaria verna subsp. verna, Pilewort, Marsh pilewort, Crain, Crow's foot, Figwort, Kenningworth, Smaller celandine, Ranunculus ficaria var. bulbilifer, Ranunculus ficaria
F. verna is a variable, compact, clump-forming, deciduous perennial with glossy, broadly heart-shaped, dark green leaves, often with silver or bronze marking and scalloped or toothed margins. Cup-shaped, golden yellow flowers in spring fade to white with age.
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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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