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Currently Available The Beauty of Hardy Hardy Ferns Adiantum pedatum The family, Polypodiaceae (Polypody Northern Maidenhair Fern Family) is a diverse and varied family.

Arachniodes simplicior ‘Variegata’ Like a true family, there are short and tall, East Indian Holly Fern fat and skinny, something for everyone!

Athyrium • Lady Many ferns are Lady in Red • Winter interest in the fertile fronds Japanese Painted • Colorful foliage Hardy Ferns • Cyrtomium falcatum rochfordianum Loves moist and wet environments Japanese Holly Fern • Natives can be very drought tolerant • Create woodland settings Dennstaedtia punctilobula • Hayscented Fern Sizes range from 12” to 6’ • Fine and bold textures Dryopteris • Useful in cut arrangements Autumn Brilliant Autumn Dixie Wood Evergreen Wood Log Male Robust Mexican Male Shaggy Shield

Matteuccia pensylvanica Ostrich Fern

Osmunda Cinnamon Hardy ferns have been growing in Maryland Royal Fern www.growingforyou.com since before the dinosaurs. This is one tough has prepared this brochure for Polystichum ! Ferns require only organic enriched soil Christmas and ample moisture, and SHADE. Many can Korean Rock Tassel adapt to unfavorable conditions and thrive. Without , your landscape can be filled Thelypteris decursive-pinnata with unique and interesting foliage patterns. Japanese Beech Fern

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Ferns are non-flowering that repro- All ferns need at least some shade. Extra JAPANESE PAINTED FERN duce not with seeds but with spores. Ferns moisture can help some tolerate more sun, 2004 PERENNIAL PLANT OF THE YEAR have outlived the dinosaurs - goes to show but they all require shade. In heavy shade, what a tough plant they are! Spores are it’s hard to find blooming plants, so we rely nearly microscopic on texture and foliage color. A few ferns Every year the membership of The Perennial reproductive cells have both colorful foliage and fine or bold Plant Association votes for its Perennial of the that are found on texture. By mixing bold and fine textures Year. This is the first year that a FERN has been the backs of the with hues from pale green to deep dark honored with this title. The Perennial of the Year frond, the frond is green, a rich tapestry will appear. The light has to be exceptional in many ways. This fern what the struc- lime and gray-green fronds of many ferns should be at the top of everyone's list for the shady ture is called. have contrasting garden. If cool shade is wine-red or burgundy the basis of your stems or multi col- garden spot, hardy ored fronds. Evergreen all year ferns provide a rich Tall ferns are very Autumn Fern, Brilliant Autumn Fern, Christmas tapestry of colors, useful as a backdrop Fern, Evergreen Wood Fern, Male Robust Fern shapes and sizes. No garden setting can for your shady gar- soothe on a hot summer day like a ferny den. Big and boldly glade. Used en masse or combined with textured at 3-4’, these Native to America Autumn Fern, Brilliant Autumn Fern, Christmas lots of shade loving perennials, ferns lend a tall ferns anchor your shady bed and serve Fern, Cinnamon Fern, Evergreen Wood Fern, Hay- sophisticated aura to the landscape. scented Fern, Lady Fern, Red-stemmed Lady Fern, as the frame for other Whether evergreen through cold months or Log Fern, Northern Maidenhair Fern, Ostrich (dying back to the ground till shorter ferns. Several Fern, Royal Fern spring) there is a fern for your garden. of the tallest ferns also have sterile and fertile There are also ferns that are stoloniferous, fronds. As the deciduous sterile fronds go forming large winter dormant, the fertile fronds will remain Drought Tolerant clumps. Ferns are upright during the winter to provide garden Christmas Fern, Hayscented Fern so eager to repro- interest. These sterile fronds can be used in duce, tiny ferns can dried arrangements and Christmas decora- be found in rock tions. Multicolored Foliage cervices, tucked Small or border ferns can line walkways, fill Autumn Fern, Brilliant Autumn Fern, East In- between , in areas, or show off other plants. dian Holly Fern, Japanese Painted Fern, Korean in the edging along Mid-sized ferns will fill in the space between Rock Fern, Red-stemmed Lady Fern paved roads. But the large and small ferns, adding bold and they all need the fine textures and a variety of hues. same thing! SHADE!