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| 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 |
Adiantum aleuticum subsp. aleuticum Aleutian Maidenhair – Deciduous. Dry/Wet, Height 12-18”
Hardy, deciduous Maidenhair from the West coast of North America and the Aleutian Islands. Prefers a sheltered shady site with added humus to the soil. Fronds pale green, stem purplish-black, with fan like fronds fingered in shape, has a creeping rhizome and eventually clump forming - . £3.50 9 cm & £7.00 2 litre pots
Adiantum pedatum - Deciduous.Dry/Wet Height 12-24
Hardy maidenhair from the North American woodlands. The rhizome are short creeping, horizontal and clump forming, a must for any woodland garden - £3.50 9 cm & £7.00 2 litre pots
Adiantum pedatum ‘Miss Sharples’ - Deciduous. Dry/Wet, Height 12-18”
This form of the northern maidenhair has a broader pinna than the western species and it is yellow-green in colour. The name originated many years ago from a mislabelling at Reginald Kaye’s nurseries - £3.50 9 cm & £7.00 2 litre pots
