| 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 |
Polystichum aculeatum Evergreen, Dry/Wet Height 24-36”
A native of Europe with stiff leathery glossy green fronds - £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots
Polystichum aculeatum ‘Grandicepes’ Evergreen, Dry/Wet Height 12-18”
Narrow upright fronds with neat crests along their edges and ending with a larger crest at the top - £6.50 2 litre pots
Polystichum braunii Evergreen, Dry/wet, Height 24-36”
Fronds are narrowly lance-shape, bipinnate and of a leathery appearance. The stipe and rachis are covered with pale brown scales.- £3.50 9 cm & £6.50 2 litre pots
Polistichum munitum Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 36-48”
A native from North America, western sword fern. Long, green pinnate fronds with pinnae finely cut and bi-serrate. One of larger evergreen ferns which should be more widely grown - £3.50 9 cm & £6.00 2 litre pots
Polistichium rigens Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 12-182
Native to Japan, with lance-shaped, bipinnate mid-green fronds. The pinnae tips are sharply pointed - £3.50 9 cm & £6.00 2 litre pots
Polystichum proliferum Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 24-48”
Mothershield fern from Australia that produces long dark green lance-shaped bi-pinnate fronds. It will produce one or two proliferous buds near the tip of the frond, hence the name. Mature specimen can form a short trunk.- From £3.50
Polystichum polyblepharum Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 18-24
Attractive fern with a shuttlecock of shiny dark green fronds which are covered with golden bristles in Spring making this a beautiful feature - £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots.
Polystichum setiferum acutilobum ‘Othello’ Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 24-36”
A beautiful evergreen with extra long, fine, elegant fronds which will grow horizontally - £4.00 9 cm & £7.50 2 litre pots
Polystichum setiferum Congestum Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 12”
Dwarf growing fern with upright congested overlapping pinnae (leaves) perfect for rock gardens. -. £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots
Polystichum setiferum ‘Herrenhausen’ Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 24-30”
A spectacular variety with graceful open fronds, perfect as a specimen plant..................................
................................................................................................................. £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots.
Polystichum setiferum ‘Iveryanum’ Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 24-30”
Flat fronds are triangular to lance-shaped, finely divided with crest... At tip of the frond and pinnae. Iveryanum is often proliferous and comes more or less true from spores. - £6.50 2 litre pots
Polystichum setiferum lineare Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 24-36”
Fronds are bipinnate, lance-shaped long and slender and light green. The pinnae are narrow and well spaced giving this fern a very airy appearance - £5.50 2 litre pots
Polystichum setiferum ‘Dahlem Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 28-36”
A beautiful fern with nearly erect evergreen lance shape fronds. A great asset in any fern border - £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots.
Polystichum setiferum Proliferum Wollastonii Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 18-24”
A lovely fern with long, lacy fronds that produces little bulbils on its stems - £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots.
Polystichum setiferum Plumoso-divisilobum group Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 24-30”
The fronds are triangular, quadripinnate, light green and very finely divided with very overlapping pinnae. This form is a prostate grower. - £6.50 2 litre pots
Polystichum setiferum Plumoso-densum Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 12-18”
Dwarf variety with finely divided and heavily congested overlapping pinnae (leaves) - £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots.
Polystichum ‘Plumosum Bevis’ syn. Polystichum setiferum ,Pulcherimum Bevis Evergreen, Height 30-36”
This beautiful sterile fern, discovered in Devon 1876, by ‘Jno.’Bevis is a truly collectors fern. Fronds are lance-shaped, finely divided, bipinnate, darkish green tapering to an almost plaited tip giving it this typical feathery look. - £12.50 2 litre pots
Polystichum setiferum ‘Smith’s Cruciate’, syn.’Ray Smith’Evergreen, Dry/Wet Height 16-24”
This fern has been discovered in Ray Smith’s garden in 1986. The fronds are tripinnate, tall, and narrow and have a cruciate appearance - £4.00 9 cm & £7.50 2 litre pots
Polystichum setiferum “Grandiceps”,Evergreen Dry/Wet Height 16-24”
Beautiful fern with large terminal crest. - £7.50 2 litre pots
Polystichum setiferum acrostichoides Evergreen, Dry/Wet Height 24 -36”
Fronds are deeply cut and leathery of an uneven appearance - £3.50 9 cm & £6.50 2 litre pots
Polystichum tsus-simense Evergreen, Dry/Wet Height 12-18”
A neat growing ornamental fern with dark green fronds with holly like tips - £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots