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 |
Dryopteris dilatata 'Crispa Whiteside' (Broad buckler fern 'Crispa Whiteside' )
'Crispa Whiteside' is a deciduous to semi-evergreen fern producing an erect rhizome bearing shuttlecock-like rosettes of upright, arching, triangular-ovate, tripinnate dark green fronds, yellow-green when new, with crisped, toothed segments. Frond mid-ribs and stalks have conspicuous, dark brown scales with darker centres.
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1.2m max. spread |
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1m 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 |
Thelypteris palustris (Marsh fern)
Other names: Ground fern, Marsh buckler fern, Thelypteris thelypteroides, Eastern marsh fern, Meadow fern
T. palustris is a rhizomatous, deciduous fern with erect, long-stalked, lance-shaped, pinnate, light green fronds divided into deeply lobed, narrowly lance-shaped pinnae.
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1m max. spread |
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0.6m 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 |
Dryopteris dilatata (Broad buckler fern)
D. dilatata is a vigorous, deciduous to semi-evergreen fern bearing shuttlecock-like rosettes of erect to arching, broadly triangular or ovate, tripinnate, dark-green fronds with toothed segments. Frond stalks and mid-ribs are covered with prominent, dark brown scales.
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1.2m max. spread |
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0.9m 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 |
Arachniodes simplicior (East Indian holly fern)
Other names: Indian holly fern, Simplicior holly fern, Arachniodes simplicior 'Variegata', Variegated East Indian holly fern, Arachnoides aristata 'Variegata'
A. simplicior is a tender to half-hardy, slow-growing, evergreen fern bearing thick, glossy, broadly-triangular, dark green fronds divided into three or four pinnae (segments) with sharply-pointed pinnules and a prominent yellow or grey stripe down the centre of each pinnae.
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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 |
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 |
Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae' (Tatting fern)
Other names: Mrs. Frizell's lady fern, Lady fern 'Frizelliae' , Beaded lady fern
'Frizelliae' is an upright, clump-forming, slowly-spreading, deciduous fern bearing linear, arching, light green fronds with rounded, finely-lobed pinnae along each side of the midribs.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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