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Plant Library - Port Kells Nurseries Plant Database Plant Library

The plant varieties listed on this website is for information purposes and does not indicate current availability at Port Kells Nurseries.



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Adiantum pedatum

Fern - Maidenhair Fern

Deciduous. Clump-forming, fern and is most frequently found on rich wooded slopes

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Adiantum venustum

Fern - Himalayan Maidenhair Fern

An evergreen fern that makes an excellent groundcover

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Arachniodes simplicior 'Variegata'

Fern - East Indian Holly Fern, Simplicior Holly Fern

A hardy evergreen fern with waxy dark green triangular fronds and a central yellow stripe

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Asplenium antiguum 'Leslie'

Fern - Crested Bird's Nest Fern

Crested fern has broad leathery fronds with ruffled tips

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Asplenium scolopendrium

Fern - Hart's Tongue Fern

A rhizomatous, evergreen fern that typically produces an erect-arching clump

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Athyrium 'Branford Beauty'

Fern - Branford Beauty Fern

Deciduous. It has pale grey/green fronds

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Athyrium 'Ghost'

Fern - Athyrium Ghost Fern

Noted for its upright silvery foliage. Silvering is best in the spring

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Athyrium angustum forma rubellum 'Lady in Red'

Fern - Lady In Red Fern

Deciduous. Has bright green fronds with a deep red central stem

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Athyrium niponicum 'Apple Court'

Fern - Apple Court Crested Painted Fern

Deciduous fern has purple, silver and green markings. Each leaf is crested

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Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum'

Fern - Japanese Painted Fern

Deciduous. It forms a compact clump of fronds, dark green in color

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Athyrium otophorum

Fern - Eared Lady Fern, English Painted Fern

Deciduous. Plant form a clump of arching triangular leaves, at first pale green

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Athyrium x 'Branford Rambler'

Fern - Rambler Fern

It is a running, deciduous fern that features upright, dark green fronds

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Blechnum penna-marina

Fern - Alpine Water Fern

An easy to grow evergreen fern. Its new fronds emerge in the spring copper red

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Blechnum spicant

Fern - Deer Fern

Evergreen. Native fern from the Pacific Northwest

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Cheilanthes argentea

Fern - Silver Cloak Fern

Deciduous. Fronds are green on top and silvery white

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Cyrtomium fortunei

Fern - Japanese Holly Fern

Evergreen. Has erect fronds with thick, lance shaped leaves and distinctive black stems

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Dicksonia antarctica

Fern - Tasmanian Tree Fern

Evergreen tree fern with extravagant fronds.

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Dryopteris complexa 'Robust'

Fern - Robust Male Fern

Popular woodland fern grows upright with brownish fronds

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Dryopteris dilatata 'Lepidota Cristata'

Fern - Lacy Crested Buckler Fern

Semi-evergreen. Forms a medium-sized clump

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Dryopteris dilatata 'Recurved Form'

Fern - Recurved Buckler Fern

Evergreen. Have lacy looking triangular fronds, each leaflet curling under

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Dryopteris erythrosora

Fern - Autumn Fern

Evergreen. Autumn Fern gets its name from the coppery-pink color

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Dryopteris filix-mas 'Barnesii'

Fern - Barnes Narrow Male Fern

Semi-evergreen. Forming a clump of delicate, upright fronds

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Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Polydactyla'

Fern - Crested Linear Male Fern

Deciduous. Forms tall thin and upright dark green fronds with alternating

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Dryopteris marginalis

Fern - Eastern Wood Fern

Evergreen . The frilly Eastern Wood Fern is evergreen with bluish-green leaves

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Dryopteris remota

Fern - Remote Wood Fern

Semi-evergreen. The new fronds are a bright green with ruffled

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Matteuccia struthiopteris

Fern - Ostrich Fern

Clump is narrow at base, then spreads out at top like a shuttlecock

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Onoclea sensibilis

Fern - Sensitive Fern

Sensitive Fern gets its name from the fact that it will go dormant

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Osmunda regalis

Fern - Royal Fern

Deciduous. Royal Fern is one of the largest and most spectacular species for the garden

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Pellaea rotundifolia

Fern - Button Fern

Evergreen. A tough little fern with rounded leaflets neatly arranged on dark brown stems.

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Polystichum acrostichoides

Fern - Christmas Fern

Evergreen. Plants form a tidy, low to medium-sized clump of dark-green, leathery fronds

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Polystichum munitum

Fern - Western Sword Fern

Evergreen. Plants form a clump of long, tapering dark-green fronds,

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Polystichum polyblepharum

Fern - Japanese Tassel Fern

Evergreen. Wide spreading glossy dark green fronds with a tassel

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Thelypteris 'Palustris'

Fern - Marsh Fern

It's lacy, erect, pale blue-green fronds spread rapidly via wandering underground rhizomes.

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