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Adiantum Aethiopicum Adiantum Hispidulum Asplenium Bulbiferum WHOLESALE QUALITY NATIVE & EXOTIC FERN SPECIALISTS Fern species Pot Fern species PAGE ONE Pot Adiantum aethiopicum Adiantum hispidulum True maidenhair Rosy maidenhair NZ NZ Native • Low growing outdoor maidenhairNative • Dry tolerant • Must be kept moist 10cm • Protect from frosts 10cm • Wintergreen 2L • Attractive pink new growth 2L • Grows 15-20cm • Commonly used as indoor plant • Stands heavy frosts • Grows to 30cm Asplenium bulbiferum Asplenium bulb. X lampprophyllum Hen and chicken fern NZ Native Crossed with bulbiferum NZ Native Use outdoors or as a houseplant to make it hardier Ideal specimen or mass planted 10cm • Creeping rhizomes 10cm • Good for dry shade 2L • Lighter green fronds 2L • Grows 50-70cm 4L • Requires mulched shady position • Cold hardy, evergreen • Grows 20-50cm Asplenium lyallii Asplenium Maori Princess Lyall's spleenwort A.bulbiferum X oblongifolium • For dry shade NZ Native • Glossy leaves • Compact growing • Likes filtered light NZ Native • Grows 15-20cm 10cm • Grows 70-90cm 10cm • Cold hardy, evergreen 2L • Cold hardy, evergreen 2L 4L Asplenium obtusatum Asplenium oblongifolium Shore spleenwort Shining spleenwort • Stands coastal conditions NZ Native • Likes dry shady position NZ Native • Compact growing • Coastal tolerant • Grows 10-40cm 10cm • Grows 40-60cm 10cm • Cold hardy, evergreen 2L • Cold hardy, evergreen 2L 4L Athyrium "Ursula's Red" Japanese Painted Fern Frost hardy, deciduous Grows 30/40cm into clump Attractive Frond colours Athyrium otophorum 'Red Wings' Blechnum gibbum 'Silver Lady' Dwarf tree fern,Palm fern • Striking new growth in spring 2L • Excellent as an indoor plant (Pale green with contrasting red midribs) • Stunning plant with instant 2L • Wintergreen, fronds replaced in spring appeal 4L • Grows 30-50cm • Water regularly Frost Hardy,deciduous in cold areas • Forms trunk to 1m with age • Frost tender NZ Fernz Ltd 371 Fairdown Road Westport Ph. 0800433767 037898150 Fax 037896465 email [email protected] PAGE TWO W H O L E S A L E Q U A L I T Y N A T I V E & E X O T I C F E R N S P E C I A L I S T S Fern species Pot Fern species Pot Blechnum discolor NZ Native Blechnum fluviatile NZ Native Crown fern Kiwakiwa,Water fern Piupiu • Likes damp spot (not wet) • Common, popular native fern 10cm • Starfish-like 10cm • Eventually forms a trunk 2L • Flat-growing to 40cm 2L • Tolerates wide range of conditions 4L • Cold hardy, evergreen • Grows 50-100cm PB12 • Cold hardy, evergreen Blechnum minus Blechnum novae-zelandiae NZ Native Swamp kio kio NZ Native 10cm Kio kio 10cm • Tolerates wet conditions 2L • Long,graceful, arching fronds 2L • Can tolerate full sun if moist. • Orange/red/pink new growth • Grows 20-50 cm • Will tolerate open situations • Cold hardy • Grows 50-80cm Blechnum penna-marina Blechnum procerum NZ Native NZ Native Alpine hard fern 10cm Small kio kio 10cm • Low growing ground cover 2L • Slow creeping,clumping fern 2L •Grows anywhere except deep shade • Attractive new growth • Grows 15-20cm • Easy to grow,good filler • Frost hardy, evergreen • 20-40cm Blechnum "Spiral Glow" Blechnum vulcanicum NZ Fernz Hybrid Blechnum pennamarina/ 10cm Mountain hard fern NZ Native 2L Doodia australis 2L • Grows best in cooler conditions Grows up to 30cm and spreads • Hanging fronds look good on banks Attractive rosy new fronds • Grows up to 45cm Partial to Full sun • Frost hardy Davallia feejensis Doodia aspera NZ Native Rabbits foot fern Prickly rasp fern 10cm Grows bushy to 30cm • Likes warmer spot in light shade 2L Ideal hanging plant indoors 10cm • Prefers drier conditions Attractijve feet 2L • Avoid severe frost areas • Grows up to 40cm Doodia australis (Doodia media) Doodia squarrosa NZ Native NZ Native Common rasp fern • Good amongst rocks 10cm • Will stand full sun • Prefers shady spot 2L • Grows on dry clay banks 10cm • Like all doodias avoid frosty sites • Colonising fern 2L • Grows 15-30cm • Grows 20-35cm • Half hardy, evergreen • Hardy evergreen NZ Fernz Ltd 371 Fairdown Road Westport Ph. 0800433767 037898150 Fax 037896465 email [email protected] PAGE 3 W H O L E S A L E Q U A L I T Y N A T I V E & E X O T I C F E R N S P E C I A L I S T S Fern species Pot Fern species Pot Dryopteris davaria Dryopteris dilatata Apricot fern 10cm Broad buckler fern • Attractive apricot new growth 2L • Easily grown • Filtered light in loamy soil • Grows 50-80cm • Grows to 50cm • Frost hardy winter green • Frost hardy, evergreen Dryopteris erythrosoras Dryopteris remota • Lush new growth in spring Autumn fern,Japanese buckler • Decidous in colder climates • Orange / red new growth • Grows approx 50cm • Tolerates wide range of conditions • Frost hardy • Grows 30-50cm 10cm 10cm • Frost hardy, evergreen 2L 2L 4L Dryopteris wallichiana Lastreopsis glabella Wallich's wood fern • Upright growing Smooth Lastreopsis NZ Native • Attractive glossy leaves 10cm Grows in clump to 35cm 10cm • Grows 80-100cm 2L Likes sheltered shade 2L • Frost hardy, wintergreen 4L Microsorum pustulatum Mattuccia struthopteris Hounds tongue Ostrich fern NZ Native • Tough low growing fern Deciduous 2L • Attractive ground cover or climbing10cm Attractive flush of new fronds • Grows 10-25cm 2L Underground rhizomes • Tolerates dry conditions grows to 1m Pellea falcata Pneumatopteris pennigera Sickle fern Gully fern Grows 30 to 40cmNZ Native Forms short trunk NZ Native Stout creeping rhizome 10cm prefers damp sheltered position Enjoys a sunny position 2L grows to one metre 2L Good drainage Polystichum braunii Polystichum draccomontanum Braun's holly fern • Popular hardy fern 10cm South African mountain fern • Likes shade 2L Hardy fern prefers shade • Grows 50-60cm 4L frost hardy 10cm • Frost hardy 2L NZ Fernz Ltd 371 Fairdown Road Westport Ph. 0800433767 037898150 Fax 037896465 email [email protected] PAGE 4 W H O L E S A L E Q U A L I T Y N A T I V E & E X O T I C F E R N S P E C I A L I S T S Fern species Pot Fern species Pot Polystichum proliferum Polystichum setiferum Mother Shield Fern Soft Shield Fern • Likes drier climates • Plantlets grow along centre of leaf • Small plantlet forms at tip of leaf • Tolerates wide range of conditions • Grows 50-60cm • Easy reliable fern • Cold hardy, evergreen 10cm • Grows flat,up to 50cm across 10cm 2L • Frost hardy, evergreen 2L 4L Polystichum vestitum Pteris pacifica NZ Native Prickly shield fern 10cm • Attractive bushy fern 10cm • Popular mountain fern 2L • Keep mulched and moist 2L • Easy to grow • Evergreen fern from Australia 4L • Grows up to 1m • Grows 60-80 cm • Frost hardy, evergreen • Protect from severe frosts Rumohra adiantiformus Pteris Cretica South African Leather fern Cretan Brake fern Great florist foliage Upright fern that grows into a 10cm Glossy foliage good tub plant 10cm clump. 2L Fronds to 40cm 2L Evergreen grows 60-80cm NZ Fernz Ltd 371 Fairdown Road Westport Ph. 0800433767 037898150 Fax 037896465 email [email protected].
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