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Fern *information courtesy of Casa Flora, Inc. |
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Ferns add diversity of form, texture, and color to a garden even though they don't bloom. Though ferns have a reputation for being persnickety, there are many that are tougher than we thought. When hurricane-force winds took down numerous trees in the Birmingham Botanical Gardens several years back, many of the previously-shaded ferns did well despite their newly-brighter light levels. While full sun is not ideal, adequate water is a must. |
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Autumn Brillance The young fronds of this evergreen fern are more colorful than the generic species from Asia. The young fronds have an orange-coppery pink color and a shiny surface. Its growth habit is identical to Autumn, but more showy. One of the top ten ferns in the garden. |
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Golden Scale Male At maturity, a three-foot high clump of dark shiny green foliage. Fern guru Dr. John Mickel describes this fern as "one of the great ferns for the garden...highly adaptable...does well in the shaded garden ...but also tolerates a considerable amount of sun". |
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Japanese Holly This large spreading evergreen is one of the most popular ferns due to its hardiness, glossiness and beautiful distinctive shape. Its new fronds are four to seven inches wide, which form a vase-like crown. Older plants may have a spread of up to four feet. |
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Japanese Painted Perennial Plant of the Year 2004- the first non-blooming perennial to receive the award. Triangular fronds are shades of silver with a red midrib. Too much sun can bleach out the color. Easily grown in loose, moist, humusy soil. Morning sun with afternoon shade, or all-day light shade is best; deciduous. |
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Korean Rock One of the smaller ferns at 12 to 18 inches high; dark shiny foliage forms a dense clump of stiff leaves; shade; can be used as a potted plant in the home. Deciduous or partially evergreen. |
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Mexican Male Forms a large crown, which can become five foot across and four foot tall. Unlike many other Dryopteris, it continues to produce new fronds throughout the growing season until frost. |
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Parsley-leaf Male Appealing with its crinkled and crested dark green foliage. Every frond is different. |
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Southern River The one we call "Southern Shield" in Birmingham; there is such a confusion of common names for this plant it's best to look for the latin when shopping --Thelypteris kunthii. A great fern for the south, up to 4-foot light green, feathery fronds. It is a Texas Native where it can survive long periods of drought. |
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Southern Shield aka Southern Wood Here's where that confusion mentioned above comes in. Dr. John Mickel, the fern expert, calls THIS fern "Southern Shield" so a lot of the tag companies do also. We have called this one "Florida Shield" in the past. What a mess. Anyway, this is an impressivly tall, glossy fern that is native to swampy woodlands, but it also can adapt well to other conditions. It will naturalize into large masses in time. |
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Tassel Large, soft, glossy green fronds arch symmetrically from the crown. |
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Victoria Lady This easily-grown fern can be grown in full sun or partial shade and humus-rich, moist soil. |
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