| Dry | Shade or semi-shade, well drained but not dust dry |
| Dry/Wet | Moist shade or semi-shade, preferably on the dryish side, a typical shady border often with some trees overhead |
| Wet/Dry | Moist shade or semi-shade preferably on the wet side |
| Wet | Pond sides or boggy areas |
| Deciduous | Usually die back in first frost |
| Evergreen | Green all year but leaves may become untidy by spring |
| Wintergreen | Green in mild winter, fronds easily break in winter winds |
Osmunda 'Cinnamomea' Deciduous, Wet, Height 36-48”
The Cinnamom fern from North America are one of the most beautiful ferns when sporing, sterile fronds surround the magnificent cinnamom coloured fertile fronds. - £3.50 7cm & £6.00 2 litre pots
Osmunda regalis ‘ Purpurascense’ Deciduous' Wet, Height 36-48”
More delicately divided then the normal regalis. Young fronds are purple; stem and rachis stay purple but blades turns green.- £3.50 7cm & £6.00 2 litre pots
Osmunda 'Claytoniana' Deciduous' Wet, Height 28-36”
A slow growing osmunda with pink woolly young fronds, dainty looking older fronds and good autumn colour which grows on a small trunk up to 25 cm - £3.50 7cm & £6.00 2 litre pots