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Please note once despatched, your delivery may take 1-3 days due to the high volume with the couriers. Your plants will be fine during this time.
Full plant information & availability is shown online.
The nursery is now open to the public between 10am and 4pm. Please follow instructions on site, card payments only, no cash. Click and collect is also available.
THE CAFE & GARDENS ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Last updated 14/05/20 10:00.
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Further Reading....
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Fern
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Herbaceous - Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
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Hardy - cold winter - Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F) -
Hardiness - Fully hardy -
Ferns - Care Guide
- Tidying Deciduous Ferns for Winter
- Caring for ferns - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tidying Ferns - Video Tip ondemand_video
Herbaceous Plants - Video Collection
- Dividing Herbaceous Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring Planting Osteospermums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Summer Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing summer flowering Hemerocallis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Supporting Plants - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading meconopsis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading Delphiniums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Feeding herbaceous peonies - Video Tip ondemand_video
Buy Varieties of HARDY FERNS
HARDY FERNS Adiantum pedatum >
Commonly known as: Maidenhair fern.
deciduous fern with kidney-shaped pinnate mid-green fronds
HARDY FERNS Asplenium scolopendrium >
Commonly known as: Hart's tongue fern.
irregular strap-shaped glossy leathery fronds
HARDY FERNS Asplenium trichomanes >
Commonly known as: Maidenhair spleenwort.
Erect narrowly lance-shaped dark green fronds on dark brown stalks
HARDY FERNS Athyrium niponicum var. pictum >
Commonly known as: Japanese painted fern.
(syn. metallicum) - silvery grey-green leaves with reddish midribs
HARDY FERNS Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Red Beauty' >
Commonly known as: Japanese painted fern.
Broad silver leaves traced and flushed with wine-red down the centre. Summer colour has less red
HARDY FERNS Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Silver Falls' >
Commonly known as: Japanese painted fern.
Silver leaves tinged with maroon
HARDY FERNS Blechnum brasiliense 'Volcano' >
Commonly known as: Crown fern, Dwarf Brazilian tree fern.
Large fronds up to 2ft or more with new growth a striking bronze colour. Will tolerate frost to -5°C but would benefit from shelter and some winter protection
HARDY FERNS Blechnum chilense >
Commonly known as: Crown fern.
Evergreen fern with lance-shaped dark green leaves. Forms excellent groundcover in semi-shade
HARDY FERNS Blechnum penna-marina >
Commonly known as: Alpine water fern.
Forms an evergreen mat of dark green upright fronds, red-tinted when young
HARDY FERNS Blechnum spicant >
Commonly known as: Deer fern, Hard fern.
Evergreen fern with tufts of lance-shaped dark green fronds
HARDY FERNS Blechnum tabulare >
Commonly known as: Mountain blechnum.
hardy dark green foliage, will form thick clumps in shaded areas
HARDY FERNS Cyathea cooperi >
Commonly known as: Australian tree fern, Cooper's fern, Lacy tree fern.
Upper trunk and new fronds covered in light brown scales. Light green fronds which can grow up to 15ft in length. Prefers shady moist conditions. Relatively quick-growing
HARDY FERNS Doodia aspera 'Rough Ruby' >
Commonly known as: Hacksaw fern, Prickly rasp-fern.
Evergreen, tender fern. Dark green toothed fronds, reddish-pink when young
HARDY FERNS Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata the King' >
Commonly known as: Golden male fern.
Large crests on the pinnae and on the end of each frond
HARDY FERNS Dryopteris cycadina >
Commonly known as: Shaggy field fern.
Full shade for this semi-evergreen fern
HARDY FERNS Dryopteris erythrosora >
Commonly known as: Japanese rosy buckler fern.
Copper-red young fronds turning dark green
HARDY FERNS Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance' >
Commonly known as: Japanese rosy buckler fern .
Bright red new fronds on this slow growing fern which needs shade
HARDY FERNS Dryopteris lepidopoda >
Commonly known as: Buckler fern, Sunset fern.
Upright fern with colourful new foliage
HARDY FERNS Dryopteris sieboldii >
Commonly known as: Asian wood fern, Siebold's wood fern.
Semi-evergreen/evergreen fern with broad leathery grey-green leaves. Prefers a sheltered location
HARDY FERNS Dryopteris wallichiana >
Commonly known as: Wallich's wood fern.
Yellowish-green young leaves clothed with blackish-brown scales on the midrib
HARDY FERNS Dryopteris wallichiana 'Jurassic Gold' >
Commonly known as: Wallich's wood fern.
New fronds a bright pinkish-gold with dark midribs
HARDY FERNS Matteuccia struthiopteris >
Commonly known as: Ostrich fern, Shuttlecock fern.
erect green leaves form shuttlecock shape
HARDY FERNS Osmunda regalis >
Commonly known as: Royal fern.
sterile green, fertile leaves on tops thickly covered with brown spores
HARDY FERNS Polystichum braunii >
Commonly known as: Braun's holly fern.
bright green feathered leaves
HARDY FERNS Polystichum polyblepharum >
Commonly known as: Japanese tassel fern.
Hardy evergreen fern. Dark green fronds covered in yellow hairs
HARDY FERNS Polystichum setiferum herrenhausen >
Commonly known as: Soft shield fern.
3 pinnate fronds often with bulbils along the midribs of the fronds
HARDY FERNS Woodwardia fimbriata >
Commonly known as: Giant chain fern.
A hardy evergreen species with handsome dark green foliage. Spectacular by water
