This page repeats the information and links found in the alphabetical section, but just gathers all the ferns together on one page. The selection is currently rather limited compared to a few years ago... there are more sellable fern species around the nursery grounds but I just need to find the inspiration to get some potted! Someday...
last update April 2012
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Although there is only one listing here, I am bound to have a few other varieties of fern potted up and available on-site in limited numbers; there are 9 different native species of fern (that I know if) on my property, and they occasionally get in the way of a path or new bed or crop up in older beds: those usually get dug up and potted.
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(2 gallon pots, too large to ship) ... Common names: Christmas Fern; Holly Fern. A low perennial fern, hardy to zone 3. LOW MAINTENANCE. Of Arching habit, colonizing mainly by forming a very tight clump. Slow-growing and of long lifespan. Height: to 1', and 2' wide. Native to NAm: NS (common throughout)/ Ont /Wisconsin/ Texas/ Florida. A nice, tidy evergreen fern with dark leathery foliage, forming nest-like clumps; prostrate crown. Recommended site: open shade. Soil: fertile, largely organic loam, reliably moist but well-drained. Naturally occurs in moist beech or maple woods, cool ravines, wooded banks, and thickets. Easily grown. Probably OK in deeper shade. Grows happily in rocky soil or even in just a narrow crack between 2 rocks. Tolerant of some sun if kept moist. Dense, compact foliage, deep green. Usually evergreen. Leathery foliage; new spring growth fresh light green, old growth turning brown-ish soon afterwards. Some uses: in Shrubbery, Specimens, Foliage, Mass Planting, Rock Gardens, Erosion Control, Wildflower, Naturalizing Woodlands.
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