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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

Jacaranda mimosifolia (Green ebony tree)

Other names: Jacaranda acutifolia, Jacaranda ovalifolia, Jacaranda ovatifolia, Blue jacaranda, Fern tree

J. mimosifolia is a tender, spreading, deciduous tree bearing broad, pinnate leaves with small, narrowly elliptic, softly-hairy, bright green leaflets. Pyramidal panicles of white-throated, purple-blue flowers bloom on leafless branches or with emerging leaves in spring to early summer, followed by woody, disc-shaped, brown seed pods.
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10m max. spread

15m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Rumohra adiantiformis (Leather fern)

Other names: Leatherleaf fern, Iron fern

R. adiantiformis is a tender, variable, clump-forming, evergreen, terrestrial or epiphytic fern with triangular or ovate, bi- to tri-pinnate, leathery, dark green fronds divided into oblong or diamond-shaped segments (pinnae).
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1m max. spread

1.5m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Afrocarpus gracilior (African fern pine)

Other names: Podocarpus gracilior, East African yellowwood, Weeping podocarpus, Fern podocarpus, Decussocarpus gracilior, Nageia falcata var. gracilior

A. gracilior is a rounded, evergreen, coniferous tree with pendent branch tips, spirally-arranged, leathery, broadly linear, dark green leaves and insignificant, yellow flowers in spring followed by small, cylindrical, pale brown cones on male trees and, on female trees, seed cones enclosed in a fleshy, ovoid, powdery blue coating that matures yellow-orange.
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12m max. spread

25m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Rhapis excelsa (Bamboo palm)

Other names: Lady palm, Miniature fan palm, Fern rhapis, Ground rattan cane, Japanese peace palm, Slender lady palm, Chamaerops excelsa , Rhapis flabelliformis

R. excelsa is a small, clump-forming, evergreen palm with slender, erect, cane-like stems bearing long-stalked, deeply-lobed, dark green leaves and panicles of tiny, bowl-shaped, cream flowers in summer.
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4m max. spread

4m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Azolla filiculoides (Water fern)

Other names: Fairy moss, Azolla caroliniana

A. filiculoides is a tender floating aquatic plant. It has small, fern-like foliage that is red or purple in sun or green to blue-green in shade.
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0m max. spread

0.01m max. height

1-2 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

Zamioculcas zamiifolia (Fern arum)

Other names: Aroid palm , Zanzibar gem, ZZ plant, Z-Z plant

Z. zamiifolia is a tender, evergreen perennial, typically grown as an indoor plant, with pinnate, glossy, dark green leaves divided into paired, elliptic to ovate leaflets. Green spathes occasionally appearing at the base of the leaves in summer are followed by white fruit.
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0.5m max. spread

0.9m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Platycerium bifurcatum (Common staghorn fern)

Other names: Australian elk's horn fern, Elkhorn fern, Antelope ears, Platycerium alcicorne

P. bifurcatum is a variable, evergreen, epiphytic fern with erect or horizontal, rounded, heart-shaped, or kidney shaped, mid-green sterile fronds turning brown with age and forked, densely hairy, grey-green fertile fronds with strap-shaped segments.
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0.9m max. spread

0.9m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Cyathea cooperi (Australian tree fern)

Other names: Scaly tree fern, Lacy tree fern, Giant scaly tree fern

C. cooperi is a tender, almost trunkless tree fern with large, open airy fronds and numerous pale chaffy scales on the leaf bases.
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2.5m max. spread

2.5m max. height

20-50 years to maturity