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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

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

Adiantum raddianum 'Fragrantissimum' (Delta maidenhair fern 'Fragrantissimum')

Other names: Adiantum raddianum 'Fragrans'

'Fragrantissimum' is a tender, vigorous, evergreen fern bearing triangular, 3- or 4-pinnate, black-stalked, pale green fronds, darker with age, with triangular to rounded, deeply lobed, overlapping segments.
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1m max. spread

0.75m max. height

10-20 years to maturity