Ferns - M -  Plant Nursery

Fern - Male
Male Fern

Fern - Male, Dryopteris Filix Mas, is a clump forming fern found throughout North America and the Pacific Northwest. It has an upright habit and reaches 2.5 feet in height and width with a single crown on each rootstock. The crown of this fern produces multiple plants, so divide the male fern regularly to increase your plants and to keep the symmetry, or allow it to become a large clump of many plants. Either way, the fern provides a grand statement in the woodland garden. It prefers shade to bright shade and moist, fertile, acidic soil. Male Fern is one of the most common ferns of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It favors damp shaded areas and is common in the understory of woodlands, but is also found in shady places on hedge-banks and rocks.

Fern - Hardy Collection
Mixed

The Hardy Fern Collection contains 10 ROOTS, 1 each of 'Christmas Fern', 'Cinnamon Fern', 'Hay-Scented Fern', 'Lady Fern', 'Leatherwood Fern', 'Maiden Hair Fern', 'Ostrich Fern', 'Royal Fern', 'Sensitive Fern' and 'Toothed Wood Fern'. Ferns remain attractive from spring to fall when planted in humus-rich, loose, well-drained soil that is kept moist at all times. Give them a cool, shady site and these ferns will add a delicate touch to the shade garden. Whether used in borders or as a background, ferns enhance any garden with their gracefulness and their beautiful varying shades of green. Easy to grow almost anyplace...thrive even when other plants fail.