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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

2m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Dryopteris erythrosora var. prolifica (Prolific copper shield fern)

Other names: Buckler fern, Japanese rosy fern, Lacy autumn fern

D. erythrosora var. prolifica is a semi-evergreen fern with crisp, arching fronds that emerge coppery-bronze, maturing to green.
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0.4m max. spread

0.6m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Myrica gale (Bog myrtle)

Other names: Sweetgale, Common candleberry, Devonshire myrtle, Dutch myrtle , Gale, Golden osier , Meadow fern, Moor myrtle, Sweet willow

M. gale is a suckering, thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with upright branches bearing lance-shaped, aromatic, toothed, grey-green leaves and yellow-brown male catkins in spring followed by spherical, dotted, yellow-brown fruit.
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1.5m max. spread

1.5m max. height

20-50 years to maturity