Ferns

This highly adaptable fern has gray-green burgundy foliage with strong silver highlights. The reddish stems add additional interest. The plant grows best in light shade and in a rich, moist soil.  Production Location: Florida  Tray...

Silvery-green fronds, but the stems and veins take on a bright red with mature plants. Its broad habit makes this cultivar a good groundcover for moist, shady areas. It grows quickly if provided with moist, well-drained soil.  Production...

This fast-growing fern will tolerate colder weather than the much-loved Japanese holly fern. Erect habit with glossy, dark-green leaves.  Production Location: Florida  Tray Size: 38 plants  Common Name: Fortune's cold hardy...

In early summer, fronds first appear with coppery-bronze foliage. The copper color remains until they mature, in summer, and change to a shiny kelly green.  Production Location: Florida  Tray Size: 38 plants  Common Name:...

A big, showy shade-garden specimen. Tall, bright green sterile fronds surround cinnamon-brown fertile fronds. American native. Deer resistant. Tolerates sun if kept moist.  Production Location: Florida  Tray Size: 38...

Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern), a North American native, is an upright clump forming fern with arching fronds rising 2 to 5 feet in a vase shaped circle. One of the largest and most dramatic of the native ferns, Osmunda cinnamomea looks best when...

Leathery, light green fronds with wavy margins form erect arching clumps.  Production Location: Florida  Common Name: Hart's tongue fern  USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9  Mature Height: 12 inches  Foliage...

A favorite for the shady side of the garden. New fronds unfurl in a light, fresh, spring green; later, as the fronds mature, they turn a darker shade. Its homespun name, tassel fern, comes from the frond's unique unfurling habits. After they unwind, the...