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 |
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1.5m max. height |
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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 |
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0.45m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum 'Burgundy Lace' (Japanese painted fern 'Burgundy Lace')
Other names: Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum 'Burgundy Lace', Athyrium nipponicum f. metallicum 'Burgundy Lace', Athyrium 'Burgundy Lace'
'Burgundy Lace' is a rhizomatous, deciduous fern with finely-divided, pinnate, lance-shaped fronds in shades of burgundy, purple, pink and silver.
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1m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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 |
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0.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Osmunda regalis 'Purpurascens' (Royal fern 'Purpurascens' )
Other names: Buckhorn brake 'Purpurascens', Herb christopher 'Purpurascens', Blooming fern 'Purpurascens', Rusty fern 'Purpurascens', Osmund royal 'Purpurascens', King fern 'Purpurascens', Common flowering fern 'Purpurascens', Ditch fern 'Purpurascens', Water fern 'Purpurascens'
'Purpurascens' is a hardy, deciduous fern, forming a large clump of bipinnate, green fronds. The fiddleheads are flushed purple in spring and the fronds turn golden in the autumn.
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1.2m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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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 |
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0.2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
'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 |
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0.5m max. height |
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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 |
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0.75m max. height |
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5-10 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 |
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0.9m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Matteuccia orientalis (Oriental ostrich fern)
Other names: Matteuccia japonica , Onoclea orientalis
M. orientalis is a deciduous fern with spreading, widely ovate, pinnate, bright green sterile fronds surrounding long, narrower, fertile fronds that emerge near black and turn reddish-brown in autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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