Asplenium scolopendrium. Harts Tongue. Grows to 40cm.+, with simple glossy evergreen fronds, good in most soils lime or acid.(Picture)

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Athyrium filix-femina ‘Axminster’ Fine foliaged form of Lady Fern.(Picture)

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Athyrium filix-femina. Crested Form. Like the type but with cresting on the edges of the fronds.(Picture)

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Athyrium filix-femina 'Cruciatum Group'Sporlings of 'Victoriae'with crossed over pinna, making an interesting lattice type effect. 70cm, Good garden plant.(Picture)

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Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae'. Tatting Fern. 40cm+, pinna form small bobbles on sides of stem.(Picture)

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Athirium otophorum ‘Okanum’ . Coloured lady fern may be tender.(Picture)

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Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' (Metalicum). Cream grey and pink variegated form of Japanese Lady Fern. May be tender. 40cm+.(Picture)

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Blechnum penna-marina 15cm, Spreading evergreen,fern from the southern hemisphere, the dark glossy green spreading pinnatifid fronds grow to 15cm, with a second layer of sparsely spaced fertile fronds rising above them to 40cm. In the wild it seems to grow mainly near the sea, hence the name which means “Pen of the Sea”. But in the garden it is tough and easy, a really good little ground cover plant,does best in moist shade.

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Blechnum spicant. Hard Fern. 70cm+ Elegant evergreen, needs an acid soil in moist shade.(Picture)

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Cyrtomium fortuniae. Holly Fern. 70cm+ Has dark stems and simple glossy pinna, moist soil and shade. Evergreen in mild winters.

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Cyrtomium falcatum. Like the above but a glossier darker green, may however be tender in some areas.

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Dryopteris affinis. Golden Scaled Male Fern. Large tough evergreen fern for woodland gardening. 90cm+.

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Dryopteris affinis 'Crispum Stableriae'Crispy leaved form of Golden Scaled Male Fern.

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Dryopteris affinis 'Revolvens Group' As above but with curly fronds, not very distinct.(Picture)

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Dryopteris affinis ‘Cristata Angustata Group’. Narrow and crested form of affinis. Shade and most soils. 70cm+.

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Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' Crested form of affinis, Strong large shapely fern for shade.(Picture)

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Dryopteris buschiana. A beautiful shapely fern from China.(Picture)

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Dryopteris carthusiana. 'Grandiceps form'. With a large crest at the end of the frond.

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Dryopteris cystolepidota. Coloured fronds very like D. erythrosora but finer and more shapely.(Picture)

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Dryopteris cycadina. Unusual large pinna with spines is said to look like a cycad .

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Dryopteris clintoniae. Broard lush fronds, rather fine .

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Dryopteris dilatata ‘Lepidota Crispa Cristata’ Crispy and crested form.70cm+.

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Dryopteris dilatata. 'Crispa Whiteside'. As above but with slightly crispy fronds.(Picture)

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Dryopteris erythrosora. Coloured fronds in spring and early summer, shade and moist soil , can be tender and is not easy. 60cm+(Picture)

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Dryopteris filix -mas The British native "Male Fern", easy large and strong. (Picture)

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Dryopteris filix-mas ‘Crested Group. Crested form of Male Fern, easy in most places.

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Dryopteris filix-mas 'Flucto cristata' Crested and crispy form of Male Fern, fairly dwarf, easy in most places.

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Dryopteris filix -mas ‘Linearis Group’ Pinnules narrow and skeletal.

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Dryopteris goldiana. Giant Wood Fern. Nice woodland fern from America. Wide fleshy leaves, but not all that big in this country.

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Dryopteris uniformis. Broad leafy fronds slight cresting, seems easy to grow, shade.

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Equisetum varigata. Good plant for the water side, like a fine evergreen rush, spreads slowly, 60cm+.

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Equisetum scirpoides. Smaller than the above but really interesting forms dence clumps.

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Gymnocarpium dryopteris 20cm , Needs shade and ad acid moist soil. Spreading fern , good spring colour.(Picture)

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Matteucia struthiopteris 80cm+. Moist soil , has good shape and spreads. underground but not offensively.

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Matteucia orientalis 80cm+. Moist soil, not quite as big as the above, but very interesting.

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Osmunda claytoniae. Interupted Fern. Very fine leafy foliage, sporing bodies in mid frond quite distinctive. Moist soil, shade.

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Osmunda regalis. Royal Fern. A big British native, slow growing to 150cm+. Moist/wet soil.(Picture)

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Osmunda regalis. 'Purpurescans'. As above but with purple stems.(Picture)

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Phegopteris conectilis . Beech Fern. Spreading habit , 25cm, moist acid soils and shade.(Picture)

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Polypodium vulgar. 25cm, Spreading and easy to grow with simple pinnate fronds.

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Polypodium vulgar 'Bifidum Cristatum'. 25cm, As above but fronds split in two, and have crests.

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Polystichum polyblepharum. 60cm+, Evergreen with glossy green fronds, shade most soils. (Picture)

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Polystichum setiferum. 50cm+. Evergreen fine cut fronds , easy British native for most places.(Picture)

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Polystichum setiferum 'Cristatum Group'. 50cm+. With crests on the frond edges very pretty form of the easy British native.(Picture)

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Woodsia obtusa. 40cm. Alpine rockery fern, not easy in cultivation.

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Woodwardia fimbriata. 40cm. Chain Fern large fleshy leaves, may be a little tender.

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Booklet. A full colour booklet on growing ferns, published in conjunction with the Hardy Plant Society, is now available for purchase. The booklet describes most of the common ferns that gardeners in the U.K. are likely to encounter, gives explicit cultural instructions, plus a range of fascinating background information about the history and natural history of these plants.

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Garden Fern Collection. Our selection of 12 ferns which we consider the best for general a garden use and for dry shade under trees, at least seven different types, of various sizes and foliage forms.

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Wetland Fern Collection. Our selection of 12 ferns which we consider the best for damp poorly drained ground, at least seven different types, of various sizes and foliage forms.

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