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12-16" tall
Zones 4-8
Shade
Container Gardening: Large 5" pot
Frequently described as the most elegant fern, Maidenhair Fern features bright green fronds, providing a helpful contrast in your shade garden. Slowly spreads by creeping rhizomes.
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Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae' |
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8" tall, 12" wide
Zones 4-8
Partial Shade /Shade
Container Gardening: 4" pot
Nicknamed Tatting Fern for the most distinctive round lobes along each stem (midrib) said to resemble handmade lace. |
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Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' |
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18" tall
Zones 5-9
Partial Shade/Shade
Container Gardening: 4" pot
Japanese Painted Fern. Fronds have silver, red and green tints and give your shady spot a hint of color all season.
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8-20" tall, 24" wide
Zones 5-8
Partial Shade/Shade
Container Gardening: 5" pot
Deer Fern. Short, jade green fronds stay green through the winter. Slowly spreads by short, creeping rhizomes.
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24" tall
Zones 5-9
Partial Shade/Shade
Container Gardening: 5" pot
Fortune's Holly Fern. Wide pinnae (leaflets) on erect fronds make an eye-catching contrast. Semi-wintergreen. |
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20-40" tall
Zones 3-8
Partial Shade/Shade
Container Gardening: Large 5" pot
Clinton's Shield Fern. Leathery fronds stay green into winter.
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18-24" tall
Zones 5-8
Partial Shade/Shade
Container Gardening: 4" pot
Japanese Red Shield Fern, Autumn Fern. Coppery colored new growth turns glossy green then in fall turns red. |
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Matteuccia Struthiopteris |
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3-5' tall
Zones 3-7
Partial Shade/Shade
Container Gardening: Large 5" pot
Ostrich Fern. Magnificent, graceful tall fronds. Rhizomatous spreader. |
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2-5' tall
Zones 4-9
Partial Shade/Shade
Container Gardening: 5" pot
Cinnamon Fern. Woolly "cinnamon sticks" add early-season interest to tall fronds - up to five feet near wet areas. |
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36-48" tall
Zones 4-9
Partial Sun/Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Royal Fern. Lance shaped, bright green fronds to 3' long and brown-flowering (sporangia) frond to 6'. Can take full sun if constantly moist. |
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Osmunda regalis 'Purpurascens' |
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3-4' tall
Zones 4-9
Partial Shade/Shade
Container Gardening: Large 5" pot
Red-flushed new growth ages to grayish-blue. Purple stems.
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Phyllitis scolopendrium 'Cristatum' |
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18" tall and wide
Zones 5-9
Shade
Container Gardening: Large 5" pot
Crested Hart's Tongue Fern. Unusual fronds are solid, looking quite tropical. Wintergreen fronds have wavy tips. |
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2' tall
Zones 5-9
Shade/Partial Shade
Container Gardening: 5" pot
Alaska Fern. Thick, closely-spaced leaflets give these fronds an unusual appearance.
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3' tall, 4' wide
Zones 4-8
Shade
Container Gardening: Large 5" pot
Western Sword Fern. Dark green fronds with long narrow pinnae (leaflets).
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Polystichum polyblepharum
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1-2' tall
Zones 3-8
Partial Shade/Shade
Container Gardening: 5" pot
Tassel Fern offers glossy, dark green fronds year round. |
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