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Adiantum capillus-veneris (True maidenhair fern)

Other names: Capillaire, Dudder grass, Venus's hair, Venus maidenhair, Southern maidenhair, Black maidenhair, Maidenhair fern

A. capillus-veneris is a clump- or mat-forming, deciduous or evergreen fern with glossy, black stems bearing triangular fronds divided into numerous, fan-shaped segments.
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0.4m max. spread

0.3m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Blechnum penna-marina (Alpine water fern)

Other names: Little hard fern, Polypodium penna-marina, Lomaria alpina, Lomaria antarctica, Pinque

B. penna-marina is a mat-forming, spreading, evergreen fern bearing pinnate, dark green sterile fronds with oblong or triangular segments and narrower, erect fertile fronds, often flushed red when young.
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1m max. spread

0.2m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Salvinia natans (Floating fern)

Other names: Floating watermoss, Water butterfly wings, Marsilea natans, Salvinia europaea

S. natans is a tender, floating, aquatic, annual fern with paired, elliptic, pale green leaves, each pair with a submerged, root-like leaf.
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0.5m max. spread

0.05m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Bidens 'Pirate's Booty' (Beggarticks 'Pirate's Booty')

Other names: Bidens ferulifolia 'Pirate's Booty', Fern-leaved beggar-ticks 'Pirate's Booty'

'Pirate's Booty' is a tender, compact, mat-forming to trailing, short-lived perennial, often grown as an annual, bearing pinnate leaves with linear to lance-shaped, dark green leaflets and slender stems bearing double, bright golden-yellow flowers from early summer into autumn.
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0.3m max. spread

0.3m max. height

1-2 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

0.05m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Selaginella uncinata (Peacock moss)

Other names: Peacock spikemoss, Rainbow fern, Blue spike moss, Love-in-a-tangle, Blue spikemoss

S. uncinata is a trailing, stem-rooting, semi-evergreen perennial forming a mat of pinnate branches bearing pinnate, metallic blue-green leaves.
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0.6m max. spread

0.05m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Selaginella kraussiana (Kraus's spikemoss)

Other names: Mat spike moss, Spreading clubmoss, Trailing spike moss, Club moss, Frosy fern

S. kraussiana is a tender, mat-forming, evergreen perennial with trailing stems bearing finely-divided, bright green leaves.
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0.3m max. spread

0.03m max. height

2-5 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

0.1m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Waldsteinia ternata (Siberian waldsteinia)

Other names: Ternate waldsteinia , Yellow strawberry, Dry strawberry

W. ternata is a semi-evergreen perennial with broad, divided leaflets and bright yellow flowers in spring and summer.
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1m max. spread

0.1m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Gentiana verna 'Angulosa' (Spring gentian 'Angulosa')

Other names: Gentiana angulosa misapplied, Gentiana verna subsp. angulosa hort., Spring gentian 'Angulosa' of gardens

'Angulosa' is a compact, mat-forming, evergreen perennial with rosettes of narrowly ovate to lance-shaped, dark green leaves and short-stemmed, star-shaped, deep blue flowers in spring.
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0.1m max. spread

0.1m max. height

2-5 years to maturity