Outdoor Ferns

Outdoor Ferns are ideal for cool, shady places in the garden where many flowering plants would fail to thrive. Although the foliage is predominantly green there are many shades, heights and textures which when combined, can be spectacular. About 50% of the ferns you plant should be evergreen to ensure the fern area does not look bare in winter. Good companion plants are hostas with their broad leaves and bold colours contrast well with the more intricate fern foliage

Model	Item Name	Price
2 litre pot	Asplenium scolopendrium - Hart's Tongue Fern - 2 litre Asplenium scolopendrium is our native Hart's Tongue Fern . This is a really beautiful fern which has a long, strap like leaf , distinct from most other ferns. Hart's Tongue Fern needs a very sheltered spot which is fully shaded from noon onwards. Prefers a moist, humus rich soil. Semi-evergreen, it will keep it's leaves through most winters	£7.99 Sale: £7.19 Save: 10% off ... more info
2 litre	Athyrium niponicum pictum - Red Beauty Athyrium nipponicum pictum Red Beauty is one of the most colourful ferns you can buy for the garden. This beautiful fern has silver-grey fronds with purplish blue shades and red midribs making it stand out from most other ferns. Athyrium nipponicum pictum Red Beauty needs a sheltered spot and morning sun is perfect to produce the best coloured leaves. Spreads slowly by rhizomes. It is deciduous and dies back in winter. Ht approx. 40cm in 3 years	£7.98 Sale: £7.18 Save: 10% off ... more info
2 litre	Cyrtomium fortunei - Japanese Holly Fern - 2 litre Cyrtomium fortunei or Japanese Holly Fern has large leathery fronds which will grown to about 40cm in a sheltered site, smaller in exposed conditions. Easy to grow and evergreen . Cyrtomium fortunei perefers a neutral to acid soil. Very frost hardy	£6.98 Sale: £6.28 Save: 10% off ... more info
2 litre	Dryopteris affinis - Cristata the King - 2 litre Dryopteris affinis Cristata The King is one of the toughest and most spectacular outdoor ferns . It will tolerate some exposure, as well as drier conditions than most ferns. Dryopteris affinis is semi-evergree and has mid green coloured foliage. Dies down in winter but each spring the long crested fronds, which divide at the end of the leaf, shoot up to 90cm in length. Cristata the King is perfectly frost hardy	£6.98 Sale: £6.28 Save: 10% off ... more info
2 litre	Dryopteris affinis - Scaly Male Fern - 2 litre One of the toughest species , Dryopteris affinis, the Scaly Male Fern , will tolerate some exposure, as well as drier conditions than most ferns. Dryopteris affinis is normally evergreen unless the winter is particularly hard. It has mid to dark green fronds up to 1.2m in length. Dryopteris affinis is frost hardy and mature plants make imposing specimen ferns with a thick base, almost like a small tree fern. Native in many parts of the world including Europe and Southern parts of Asia	£7.98 Sale: £7.18 Save: 10% off ... more info
2 litre	Dryopteris erythrosora - Japanese Buckler Fern - 2 litre Dryopteris erythrosora, Japanese Buckler Fern or sometimes called Autumn Fern has very attractive broad fronds on long stalks , but what makes it one of the most popular garden ferns is the coppery red young leaves . It is semi-evergreen, keeping it's foliage in mild winters. Likes sheltered, shady places but Dryopteris erythrosora will also tolerate alkaline soils . Grows to 60cm x 60cm. Japanese Buckler Fern is frost hardy	£6.98 Sale: £6.28 Save: 10% off ... more info
6 Named Plants	Hardy Fern Collection - 6 Ferns - 2 litre This great value Hardy Fern Collection is our selection of six named evergreen or semi-evergreen ferns. All are frost hardy and most will retain some of their foliage through the mild winters . Each one is pot grown so they can be planted now. Please note, these are not plug plants or even potted on young plants but they are garden centre size, bushy plants 15-25cm tall with a similar spread, depending on variety. The pot size of this Hardy Fern Collection will be 2 litre. The selection will be...	£35.98 Sale: £32.38 Save: 10% off ... more info
2 litre	Polystichum polyblepharum - Japanese Tassel Fern - 2 litre Polystichum polyblepharum Jade, Japanese Tassel Fern forms a neat clump of evergreen or semi-evergreen fronds, bright green and glossy when young then becoming darker as they mature. Polystichum polyblepharum likes sheltered places in either sun or shade with constant moisture at the roots . Remove old leaves in spring when new fronds start to emerge. Grows to 60cm x 60cm. Japanese Tassel Fern is frost hardy	£6.98 Sale: £6.28 Save: 10% off ... more info
2 litre	Polystichum setiferum - Shield Fern Polystichum setiferum 'The Shield Fern' is a tough evergreen fern with classic looks that last all year , and look great in frosts. Polystichum setiferum is called a Shield Fern because each year it produces a new whorl of fronds, sheltered by the older ones. Upright in growth to 75cm tall . Grow in larger in pots, or in the border, in light shade. Easy to manage, cut off any dead fronds to the base	£7.98 Sale: £7.18 Save: 10% off ... more info