Hardy Ferns

Dryopteris erythrosora

A beautiful fern with colourful, pinky-bronze fronds in spring, turning dark green with age.

This large fern has delicate, lacy fronds with widely spaced pinnae and a terminal crest.

Very different from other species, this one has bold, leathery, 3 fingered, pinnate fronds.

A statuesque fern which is perfect for waterside plantings or a bog garden or shallow pond margin.

This evergreen fern will tolerate dryish shade and is also good for chalky or alkaline soils and could be grown in the crevices of a wall

This adaptive, spreading fern is happy on neutral or alkaline soils including chalk. Similar to P. vulgare but with larger fronds.

Polypodium vulgare

A spreading evergreen British Isles native fern which tolerates drier conditions than other ferns. Useful for colonising banks or dry areas under trees.

A neat little evergreen fern, with shuttlecocks of bi-pinnate, glossy, dark green fronds.

Native the the British Isles, a vigourous spreading fern for damp marshy places.