Ferns

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Arachnoides aristata 'Variegata' - variegated yellow and dark green leaf

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Arachnoides

Arachnoides aristata 'Variegata'

(Eastern Holly Fern) Arachnoides aristata 'Variegata' is a small or eventually medium sized, evergreen fern with dark green fronds which have eye-catching lime-green to yellow variegation running along the central rib.

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Asplenium scolopendrium 'Cristata' - unusual fronds

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Asplenium

Asplenium scolopendrium 'Cristatum'

(Hart's Tongue Fern ) Asplenium scolopendrium 'Cristatum' is a compact, evergreen fern producing bright green fronds with an unusual wavy edge and often crested tips.

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Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae'

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Athyrium

Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae'

(Tatting Fern) Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae' has long, narrow, pale green leaves with small, round, ball-like pinnae (divisions of a compound frond, akin to leaflets on a leaf) running along the midrib.

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Athyrium niponicum f. metallicum - fronds in late Spring

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Athyrium

Athyrium niponicum f. metallicum

(Painted Lady Fern) An eye-catching deciduous fern native to Eastern Asia, Athyrium niponicum f. metallicum has deeply cut mid green fronds with silver and purple tints, giving the leaves a slightly metallic appearance.

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Blechnum penna-marina

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Blechnum

Blechnum penna-marina

(Alpine Water Fern) A low spreading fern, Blechnum penna-marina has small, pinnate (feather-like), dark green fronds which are sometimes bronze or dark red when they emerge in spring.

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Cheilanthes tomentosa

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Cheilanthes

Cheilanthes tomentosa

(Woolly-lip Fern) Cheilanthes tomentosa is a handsome, dainty fern suitable for well drained ground with blueish-green fronds covered with fine silver hairs.

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Coniogramme emeiensis - variegated leaves in late Spring.

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Coniogramme emeiensis

(Bamboo Fern) Coniogramme emeiensis is an unusual semi-evergreen fern native to China with handsome handsome variegated green and yellow leaves.

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Cyathea cooperi - large leaves in late summer on a young plant

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Cyathea

Cyathea cooperi

(Lacy Tree Fern) An eye-catching and reasonably vigorous tree fern native to parts of Australia with a crown of long, deeply divided, dark green fronds once established. This plant is beautiful but frost tender and requires a very mild, warm, sheltered position and winter protection or overwintering inside in greenhouse or similar in a container to thrive.

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Cyrtomium devexiscapulae - leaves in early autumn

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Cyrtomium

Cyrtomium devexiscapulae

(Sickle-leaved Holly Fern) Cyrtomium devexiscapulae is an unusual, spreading evergreen fern with eye-catching green fronds divided into twisted segments.

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Dicksonia antarctica - established plant

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Dicksonia

Dicksonia antarctica

(Soft Tree Fern) Most suited to a sheltered, shady garden this is a beautiful slow growing tree fern with impressively long, deeply divided dark green fronds once established.

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Doodia aspera 'Rough Ruby' - fronds in July

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Doodia aspera 'Rough Ruby'

(Prickly Rasp Fern) A handsome, small semi-evergreen fern with dark green, deeply divided fronds which are vibrant shades of orange and red when they emerge in Spring.

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Dryopteris atrata

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Dryopteris

Dryopteris atrata

(Shaggy Wood Fern) A handsome fern, Dryopteris atrata is semi-evergreen with clumps of arching bright green fronds and black, scaly stems.

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Dryopteris erythrosora

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Dryopteris

Dryopteris erythrosora

(Japanese Shield Fern) A very handsome hardy fern, Dryopteris erythrosora has bright coppery-bronze young fronds which gradually turn to a dark green as they mature later in the year.

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Dryopteris filix-mas - young fronds in early summer

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Dryopteris

Dryopteris filix-mas

(Male Fern) Native to woods of the UK, Dryopteris filix-mas is a clump forming deciduous fern with long feathery fronds, bright green in summer turning shades of bronze in autumn.

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Dryopteris kuratae - fronds in late summer

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Dryopteris

Dryopteris kuratae

(Wood Fern) A superb fern from East Asia, Dryopteris kuratae has glossy green pinnate fronds with a serrate edge.

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Dryopteris sieboldii - fronds in autumn

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Dryopteris sieboldii

(Siebold's Wood Fern) An unusual fern native to Japan, Dryopteris sieboldii is slow growing and evergreen, with leathery greenish-blue fronds on arching stems.

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Dryopteris stewartii - young leaves unfurling in Spring

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Dryopteris stewartii

(Stewarts Wood Fern) A hardy fern native to the Himalayas, Dryopteris stewartii is semi-evergreen and upright in habit with pale green fronds in spring, gradually turning darker green later in the year.

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Dryopteris wallichiana

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Dryopteris

Dryopteris wallichiana

(Alpine Wood Fern) Dryopteris wallichiana is a hardy fern native to many parts of the world including the Himalayas, which has upright, bright green fronds with dark stems.

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Dryopteris wallichiana 'Jurassic Gold' - golden-green fronds in Spring

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Dryopteris

Dryopteris wallichiana 'Jurassic Gold'

(Alpine Wood Fern) New to us, Dryopteris wallichiana 'Jurassic Gold' is a hardy, medium sized, semi-evergreen fern with vibrant golden-yellow young fronds in Spring.

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Matteuccia struthiopteris - young leaves in Spring

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Matteuccia

Matteuccia struthiopteris

(Shuttlecock or Ostrich Fern) Matteuccia struthiopteris is a handsome deciduous, hardy fern with upright bright green leaves, narrow initially which resemble ostrich feathers once fully out.

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Polystichum munitum - fronds in early summer

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Polystichum

Polystichum munitum

(Sword Fern) An attractive evergreen fern, Polystichum munitum is native to North-west America with distinctive, divided, dark green leathery fronds.

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Polystichum neolobatum - fronds in late summer

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Polystichum

Polystichum neolobatum

(Saber Fern) Polystichum neolobatum is a very handsome fern native to parts of Asia including China and Japan, which is evergreen with glossy dark green narrow fronds with bristly stems.

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Polystichum polyblepharum - young fronds

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Polystichum

Polystichum polyblepharum

(Japanese Lace Fern) Native to parts of Japan and South Korea, Polystichum polyblepharum is an elegant evergreen fern which develops long, lance-shaped, deeply divided, dark green fronds.

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Polystichum setiferum 'Congestum' - young leaves in late Spring

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Polystichum

Polystichum setiferum 'Congestum'

(Dwarf Soft Shield Fern) An eye-catching compact, slow growing & evergreen fern with dense, dark green, upright fronds.

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Polystichum setiferum 'Dahlem' - fronds in mid summer

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Polystichum

Polystichum setiferum 'Dahlem'

(Soft Shield Fern) Polystichum setiferum 'Dahlem' is a handsome fern with long, deeply divided, lacey green fronds.

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Polystichum setiferum 'Proliferum' - young plant in early July

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Polystichum

Polystichum setiferum 'Proliferum'

(Mother Shield Fern) Polystichum setiferum 'Proliferum' is a lovely small to medium-sized evergreen fern with rich green, finely divided fronds.

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Polystichum yunnanense - young leaves in late Spring

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Polystichum

Polystichum yunnanense

(Yunnan Holly Fern) Polystichum yunnanense is a rare medium sized fern native to China with striking young fronds, initially covered with fawn coloured scales as they unfurl, dark green with dissected fronds once mature.

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Pteris nipponica

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Pteris

Pteris nipponica

(Cretan Brake) New to us, this is a compact deciduous fern with showy mid green leaves which have a variegated creamy-white centre. Can be grown well as a house plant in a large container.

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