Solenostemon 'Kong Rose' (Kong Rose) (Coleus 'Kong Rose')
Other names: Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Kong Rose', Plectranthus scutellarioides 'Kong Rose'
'Kong Rose' is a tender, bushy, upright, woody-based, evergreen perennial, typically grown as an annual, with semi-succulent stems bearing ovate, pointed, toothed, velvety, bright green leaves with maroon and reddish-pink central markings. Terminal, whorled racemes of insignificant, tubular, two-lipped flowers bloom at any time of year.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Adiantum hispidulum (Rough maidenhair fern)
Other names: Rosy maidenhair fern, Rosy Australian maidenhair fern, Five-fingered jack, Adiantum pubescens
A. hispidulum is an upright, tufted or clump-forming, borderline hardy, deciduous to semi-evergreen fern with black-stalked, palmate, leathery, glossy, dark green fronds, bronze, pink, or pale green when young, divided into narrowly elliptic pinnae with rectangular or fan-shaped pinnules.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Polystichum tsussimense 'Roca' (Korean rock fern 'Roca')
Other names: Aspidium tsussimense 'Roca'
'Roca' is a a compact, clump-forming, evergreen fern with upright, narrowly lance-shaped, glossy, bipinnate, mid- to bright green fronds with pointed pinnae and frond tips.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.25m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Other names: Rusty fern, Water fern, Osmund royal, King fern, Common flowering fern, Ditch fern, Buckhorn brake, Blooming fern, Herb christopher
O. regalis is a hardy fern, forming a large clump of bipinnate fronds with russet-brown spores at the tips. The fronds are flushed red in autumn.
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1m max. spread |
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2.5m 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 |
Polystichum setiferum 'Plumosum Densum' (Mossy shield fern)
Other names: Mossy soft shield fern, Soft shield fern
'Plumosum Densum' is a small, perennial, evergreen fern with fine divided and heavily congested green foliage with feathery tips.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-3 years to maturity |
Tradescantia spathacea (Boat lily )
Other names: Christ in the manger, Cradle lily , Men in a boat, Moses in the cradle, Moses in his cradle, Moses in the bulrushes, Moses on a raft, Oyster plant, Prayer plant, Purple-leaved spiderwort, Three men in a boat, Boatlily, Rhoeo discolor, Rhoeo spathacea, Moses-in-a-basket
T. spathacea is a tender, compact, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with rosettes of semi-erect, fleshy, linear to lance-shaped, dark green leaves, dark purple beneath, and, throughout the year, cymes of white flowers surrounded by prominent, persistent, purple bracts.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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