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Dryopteris generally are easy garden ferns of robust and vigorous growth. All are more or less trouble free in cultivation. Dryopteris affinis is nearly winter green, whereas filix-mas withers with the first winter frost.

Dryopteris affinis ‘Cristata The King'  Wintergreen, Dry/wet, Height 36-48”

The king of male ferns. A Magnificent fern with splendid crests and arching fronds. - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris affinis 'Angustata Crispa'  Wintergreen, Dry/wet, Height 24”

Narrow fronds crisped at the edges, all pinnae are joined together and are neatly crested forming a good shuttlecock shape - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris affinis Stablerii Wintergreen Dry/Wet, Height 36-48”

Tall, erect with narrow fronds - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris affinis 'Crispa Congesta' Wintergreen Dry/Wet, Height 8-12”

A dwarf form with highly congested, overlapping, crisped upright growing fronds that each reach around 25 cm high - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris affinis Crispum Stablerii, Wintergreen Dry/wet, Height24-36”

Erect variety with wavy, narrow leaves.- £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris affinis Grandicepes Askew Wintergreen Dry/Wet Height 24-36”

A very distinct and neat fern, Fronds are heavily crested. - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopterios affinis Polydactylla Mapplebeck Wintergreen Dry/wet, Height 36-48”

An excellent form with crested fronds.  - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris dilitata Deciduous  Dry/Wet, Height 24-36”

A medium size fern with triangular fronds that are divided three times giving the fern a very lush look.  A native fern of woods, heath and hedgerows - £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots.

Dryopteris dilitata Crispum 'Whiteside' Wintergreen  Dry/Wet, Height 24-36”

A very attractive woodland fern with beautifully crisp and waved fronts - £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots.

Dryopteris dilitata Grandicepes Wintergreen Dry/Wet, Height 24-36”

Very heavily crested form of our native broad buckler fern. - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris dilitata 'Lepidota Cristata' Wintergreen Dry/Wet, Height  24”

Fronds are very finely cut and crested.- £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris erythosora Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 12-18"

Very striking fern with coppery pink triangular fronds when young, turning light green when mature - £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots.

Dryopteris erythrosora 'Polifica' Evergreen, Dry/Wet, Height 12-15”

Dark green and leathery fronds, young fronds are of a coppery bronze colour - £3.00 9 cm  £5.50 2 litre pots

DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS (The Male Fern)

Dryopteris filix-mas cristata 'Jackson' Deciduous Dry/Wet Height 24-36”

Fine distinct fern with splendid curved crests to pinnae and apex - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris filix-mas cristata 'Martindale' Deciduous, Dry/Wet, Height 18-24”

A nice variety with neatly crested pinnae which all curve towards the front apex, giving it the fishtail look.- £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Depauperate' Deciduous, Dry/Wet, 24”

Glossy dark green fronds with pinnae reduced to almost just the midrib.- £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris filix-mas grandicepes 'Wills' Deciduous, Dry/Wet, Height 24-36”

Found original by John Wills in Dorset in 1870. A strong grower makes a large specimen with many crowns. The pinnae are neatly crested and have a large terminal crest - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Revolvens' Deciduous, Dry/Wet, Height 24-36”

The broad fronds curve backwards with a slightly twist giving it a plumey appearance - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Barnesii' Deciduous, Dry/Wet, Height 36-48”

A tall narrow form that makes a neat specimen fern with arching fronds which terminates into a finger like crest - £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Polydactyla' Deciduous, Dry/Wet, Height 36-48"

A tall slender fern with thin airy crested leaf and fronds which terminates into a finger like crest  - £3.00 9 cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata' Deciduous, Dry/Wet, Height 36-48”

A slow growing compact form with neatly crested and crisped fronds ruffed at the edges - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris dickinsii Deciduous, Dry/Wet Height 24”

Fronds are pinnate, a beautiful yellow-green contrasting with dark scales on rachis - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris atrata 'Cycadinia' Wintergreen Dry/wet, Height 24-36”

From Japan with lancelote, arching dark green pinnate fronds with long stems up to half the length of the fronds is covered with dark scales with. narrow pinnate is deeply serrated. - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris 'Tokyoensis' Deciduous, Dry/Wet, Height 24-36”

One of the most elegant ferns from Japan, forming a narrow upright shuttlecock with erect, pale green yellow fronds  - £3.00 7cm & £5.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris 'Wallchiana' Deciduous Dry/Wet, Height 36-48”

Striking fern  similar to Dryopteris affinis except the leaf stem is covered in black scales giving it a very beautiful contrast to the dark green frond - £3.50 7cm & £6.50 2 litre pots

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Sieboldii', Deciduous, Dry/Wet, Height 18-24"

Japanese fern with is quite unlike any other Dryopteris with triangular shaped glaucus green fronds -  £3.00 9cm & £5.50 2 litre pots