Indoor Ferns

Adiantum caudatum

An unusual Maidenhair Fern, with long trailing leaves which root and produce more plants where they touch the ground. Ideal for a hanging basket in a shady spot indoors.

Adiantum fulvum

A delicate Maidenhair Fern from New Zealand. The new fronds are an attractive bronzy colour. Likes a cool, moist, shady spot. May survive UK winters outside in very mild areas with a protective mulch. Otherwise grow as a house plant

A very pretty fern, the new fronds emerge a bronze red. For a shady spot in humus-rich soil in warm garden.

Asplenium dimorphum x difforme

A beautiful hybrid fern from Australia, an ideal house plant for a shady position in a bathroom or kitchen.

A tender, evergreen fern, which eventually forms a trunk. The large, bright green fronds are arranged neatly like a shuttlecock.

A fascinating evergreen fern from China with curious, hairy-looking rhizomes on the surface, giving rise to the common name. Best grown as a houseplant.

Microsorum diversifolium

A tender fern from rainforests in Australia, likes a shallow root run and humid atmosphere - grows best surrounded by other plants. Looks good in a large hanging basket or shallow pot, where the rhizomes will creep over the edge.

Nephrolepis 'Fluffy Ruffles'

One of the many forms of the popular Boston Fern. Makes an upright clump of very finely cut fronds. Hairy stolons will find their way out of the pot & root on any suitable medium. For a shallow pot in part to full shade.

Nephrolepis duffii

A compact variety of the commoner sword fern, making a neater more compact plant. An ideal indoor pot plant for that difficult shady corner.

Nephrolepis exaltata 'Marisa'

Rarely offered, this variety of the Boston Fern makes a mound of very finely cut delicate foliage which eventually tumbles and trails over the edge of its pot.