Leptinella potentillina (Brass buttons)
Other names: Verdigris brass buttons, Green brass buttons, Verdigris mini ferns, Cotula potentilloides
L. potentillina is a cushion to mat-forming, spreading, evergreen perennial with pinnate, finely-divided, purple-to bronze-flushed, mid- to bright green leaves and insignificant yellow flower heads in summer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.05m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Miscanthus sinensis 'Ferne Osten' (Eulalia 'Ferne Osten')
'Ferne Osten' is a deciduous grass with sparse, arching yellow-green stems and ruby-red flower panicles fading to silver.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Dryopteris filix-mas (Male fern)
Other names: Basket fern, Shield fern, Dryopteris filix mas
D. filix-mas is a vigorous, clump-forming, deciduous fern with upright, lance-shaped, bipinnate, mid-green fronds divided into narrowly lance-shaped pinnae with small, oval segments.
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1m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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5-10 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 |
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1.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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 |
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0.03m max. height |
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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 |
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15m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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 |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 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 |
Dryopteris lepidopoda (Sunset fern)
Other names: Dryopteris filix-mas subsp. khasiana, Dryopteris junlianensis, Dryopteris longistipes, Dryopteris nigra, Dryopteris taiwanicola
D. lepidopoda is a clump-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen fern with upright to slightly arching fronds, orange-pink to orange-red when young, then yellow, and maturing to dark green.
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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 |
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 |
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0.01m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
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