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An
airy fern with fan-shaped fronds held on thin black stipes. Delicate
pale green fronds emerge in early spring & turn deep blue-green.
Grows in tight clumps that spread to form broad patches. They look
delicate but are tough. Produces more fronds all summer. Hardy in
containers. 
We
list this as a species since we have not been able to identify it any
further at this time. It resembles A. setacea BUT has no thorns
and that species is only hardy to zone 8a. Given to us by Mark
Linholm from Tulsa, OK. zone 6. Mark tells us that he has
had it in his gardens for over 30 years and obtained it from his
grandmother's garden. Mark suggests that you do not cut it back until
early spring growth starts.
Beautiful
feathery, lance-shaped fronds. The stem may be green or red. Easy to
grow but appreciates protection from the wind. Can take sun if the
soil is moist. Reliable and beautiful in the garden. What
people think of when they picture ferns!
As
below but very dwarf. About 8-10" tall. Absolutely
charming form from James Madison's Montpelier home. Collected,
of course, with permission. We have, over the years, assisted in
various ways with the restoration of these gardens.
One
of the most striking of the woodland ferns and still a classic even
with all the new forms. Fronds are grayish with
maroon highlights. Easy and reliable. Deciduous. A gorgeous relative
of the Lady Fern and just as dependable. Plant in acid soil and
bright light but not full sun to develop the best color. 
"This
plant gets more hearts pounding than a Victoria’s Secret
catalogue! Gorgeous burgundy leaves! It is hard to believe that we
could select a more amazing color. This has people panting in our
garden." Terra Nova The new leaves are purple with silver
stripes on the tips and vein lines and, as they mature, they change
to a contrasting silvery green with purple midribs. Forms an
absolutely stunning clump in the shade garden.
A
salute to “silvertude” with stunning, lustrous fronds that
shimmer with its contrasting red veins. Named after a set of famous
Oregon waterfalls. Unlike any other painted fern, this one
intensifies its silvering as the season progresses! Winner
of the 2002 “Stars of Spring” awards in New Zealand.
Later to appear in the spring than the other Japanese ferns.
A
hybrid between Southern Lady Fern and Japanese Painted - a
combination that produced a beauty in the Virginia garden of Nancy
Swell. Stunning Silver fronds in spring with bluish to maroon
midribs give way to a blue-green color in summer. This rigidly
upright fern is a sterile hybrid that doesn't produce spores and
comes only from divisions. It can eventually reach near mammoth
widths and can be used as a groundcover. Takes deep shade but best
color develops in dappled shade. A very formal fern, it's marvelous
with green Hostas.
A
wonderful, creeping fern with a compact growth habit - like a
miniature Sword Fern. Called 'Hard' fern because it has tough
leathery fronds (but it's beautiful)! Ladder shaped 18"
long sterile fronds form a loose evergreen rosette around more
upright, 36" tall fertile central fronds. Received the prestigious
Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society.
Will grow in tough spots, like under Cedars where other ferns won't
grow and actually prefer full shade but are tolerant of everything
but full sun.
A soft textured fern
with fuzzy green fronds and a chestnut brown stipe (fern stem).
Perfect for troughs or rock walls but also performs well in average,
VERY well-drained garden soil and/or in containers. Although
short, it's a stocky little fellow, twice as wide or more than tall.
Native Kansas to Connecticut, south to the Gulf Coast.
It tolerates several hours of direct sun but prefers bright shade.
Needs/prefers little water. Likes cool roots.
A
wonderful East Coast Native groundcover fern that can carpet a
woodland area in colonies. Gives off, even from a distance,
the distinct smell of newly mown hay but especially so if a frond is
crushed. Similar in look and habit to New York Fern but
Hayscented Fern has a triangular shaped frond -- wide at the base --
and New York fern tapers at the base to tiny leaflets. Light,
lacy green fronds. Very adaptable, drought tolerant.
A
very rare native. Easy to grow; ok in dry soil. Glorious in moist or
well-watered acid soil. A cross between Goldie's Fern and D.
ludoviciana. Rich, dark green color and long, slender pinna tips. A
beautiful, erect fern. Remains evergreen in all but coldest
winter. Excellent fern. 
The
common names derive from the dense covering of slender, black scales
on the stipe and rachis. Stiff, leathery frond. Native to Japan,
Taiwan, China and northern India. AKA, Black Wood Fern. A very
erect, formal looking fern. Drought tolerant when established.
Distinguished
by its bronze young foliage. One of the BEST and easiest ferns to
grows. Stays erect and EVERGREEN throughout the winter. Even in
bitter winter weather, ours is ASTOUNDING LOOKING all winter. Specimen
plant or breathtaking in mass!
A
new form of Autumn Fern (as above) but with newly emerging foliage that is a brighter orange
red and it holds this color longer after emerging.
One
of the best known and most STATELY wood ferns. Quite sun tolerant.
The crown multiplies & should be divided frequently or you will
loose the symmetry. ENDANGERED & RARE in the wild due to
commercial collection. Not ours of course! Semi-evergreen. 
A
plant from famed fern growers, Casa Flora, introduced to them by a
customer and put in production because it was so stunning.
Crinkled, crested dark green foliage and every frond is
DIFFERENT! If you can't make up your mind which fern you want
-- try this one! Crown/clump forming. Semi-evergreen.
Native to the South Eastern US over to Texas!
A clump forming, semi-evergreen fern, nearly evergreen in the deep
South. Not the hardiest fern in the Genus, but if you can grow
it, it's stunning -- a big fern with shinny green fronds.
Great for warm areas where others won't survive. Best with
afternoon shade. Unlike many ferns, will also take limey soil.
Very hard to find in the trade.
Sturdy, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for cultivation. The rhizome is a broad, erect crown at ground level; slow to branch so this species makes a large, single-crowned specimen. W/ bluish-green fronds, a most attractive fern. AKA Marginal Wood Fern. Don't sink crown deep.
From
the woodlands across Korea, comes a seldom seen but wonderful, easy to
grow deciduous woodland fern. Lovely fronds to 24" and to
6" wide that are one
of the most upright and vase shaped. Somewhat slow growing
but fabulous when mature with it more formal upright form.
A RARE fertile hybrid of D. affines and
D. expansa which occurs naturally in the wild in Europe (no, we
didn't go to Europe and dig them -- these are spore produced).
This large fern is erect with medium green fronds and contrasting
shaggy, golden brown central stipes (fern lingo for stems).
The rhizomes form an erect rather than spreading crown.
Easy to grow
AKA,
The King. If
you love Ostrich ferns and agree that bigger is better, than you're
in luck! The King's enormous crown and fronds are 50% larger
than our native Ostrich fern. Much more in scale if you have
dinosaurs in your yard! Easy to grow and also more heat than
the species. 
Un-fernlike looking. Great groundcover because it spreads readily providing a carpet of pale-sea green fronds.
Persistent fertile fronds look like beads on a stick. Dried arrangements; winter interest. 'Sensitive' because it is killed by frost. Takes SUN if MOIST. 
This
fern is named for its bright cinnamon-colored fertile fronds which die
down in summer. A robust fern that will grow in normal garden soil in
part shade/shade but reaches maximum height only in bog conditions. In
a very wet spot, it will take sun.
A
majestic fern that looks remarkably like the Cinnamon fern in the
frond but is distinct in having the sporangia borne on fertile pinnae
in the middle of the frond with vegetative leaflets above and below,
which gives an "interrupted" effect to the frond.
The kind of fern would you absolutely
expect to find in Jurassic Park! Can be huge with moist soil.
Our most un-fernlike looking fern -- and one of the prettiest. With frond more like leaf petals, you'd hardly know it close kin to the Cinnamon fern. Takes average soil in Part Shade, Shade but loves sitting on a 'hummock' in a bog -- where it often grows very tall!
This VIGOROUS grower is great for naturalizing without taking over your garden because it has SHORT runners. Beautiful, bright green which holds throughout the growing season through the first few frosts of Autumn. Easy to grow in light shade and moist soil. 
Very hardy evergreen fern of deep rich green color. Leaflets are lance-shaped in dense clusters. Used by early settlers for Christmas decoration. TAKES DEEP SHADE. A dependable, easy
favorite. Clump forming. Likes moist soil, but can take DRY, SHADE. Good for erosion control. 
The evergreen fronds of this highly ornamental Fern from Japan & Korea are dark green & very glossy. They measure 10" wide & up to 20" long and form impressive clumps that are shown to advantage by light-colored backdrops such as rocks or chartreuse
or golden Hostas.
This VIGOROUS grower is great for naturalizing without taking over your garden because it has SHORT runners. Beautiful, bright green which holds throughout the growing season through the first few frosts of Autumn. Easy to grow.
This fern is unknown and truly shouldn't be. A great groundcover
fern.
This
native fern, when grown well can spread to large patches that are so
inviting in our woods that they make me want to lay down and take a
nap. We have colonies in a low, moderately moist area of our
woods that just cover yards and yards. Absolutely lovely.
Light and airy, it spreads about a foot a year when happy, so it
doesn't take a lifetime to get a nice carpet in your
woods. 
A
fern common in many parts of the world found in wet, sunny
areas. The long running rhizome separates this from many
ferns and the wide lowest pinnae pair distinguishes this from our
own Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern) which it's quite
similar to. It's also similar to our Hay Scented fern and all
three make good groundcovers but this in sunny wet areas and the
others in more shade. Erect to ascending compound fronds
4-7" across
