Plants for shade >  Plants for Specific Locations  >  Ferns Suitable for Dry Shade.

Ferns for Dry Shade

A lot of the native ferns are suitable for growing in situations that are dried out in summer by the moisture being taken by the tree canopy.
For a guide please click on the following link to view a "Guide to Ferns for Dry Shade".
"

 Mouse over image to explore or click to enlarge

Asplenium scolopendrium 'Cristatum'

  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 30cm (12in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

Very highly crested and evergreen.

Price: (2 or fewer plants) £6.95
Price: (3 or more plants) £6.50


Quantity:  



Sorry, not currently available


People who bought this item also bought:
1. Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'
2. Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM
3. Polypodium vulgare 'Bifidomultifidum'
"

 Mouse over image to explore or click to enlarge

Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Polydactyla' AGM

  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 60cm (24in)
  • Growing condition: Full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

Pinnae reduced to ribs with long terminal crests on this graceful open fern. Most offered in the trade are not true but are inferior forms. Deciduous.

Price: (2 or fewer plants) £7.00
Price: (3 or more plants) £6.50


Quantity:  



People who bought this item also bought:
1. Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'
2. Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM
3. Polystichum setiferum 'Divisilobum Wollaston'
"

 Mouse over image to explore or click to enlarge

Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM

  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 75cm plus (32in plus)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

A truly magnificent fern with splendid crests and arching fronds, said to be the 'King of the British Ferns'. In time, to 1.2m tall. Very effective in a pot against a north facing wall. Semi-evergreen.

Price: (2 or fewer plants) £7.00
Price: (3 or more plants) £6.50


Quantity:  



People who bought this item also bought:
1. Dryopteris affinis AGM
2. Asplenium scolopendrium AGM
Dryopteris affinis 'Pinderi'

Dryopteris affinis 'Pinderi'

  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 75cm plus (32in plus)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

Narrow fronds on this strong growing affinis form. As with all affinis cultivars very good in dry shade.

Price: (2 or fewer plants) £7.00
Price: (3 or more plants) £6.50


Quantity:  



Sorry, not currently available


People who bought this item also bought:
1. Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'
2. Deinanthe bifida x caerulea 'Pale Blue'
3. Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM
Polypodium vulgare 'Bifidomultifidum'

Polypodium vulgare 'Bifidomultifidum'

  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 30cm (12in)
  • Growing condition: Full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

Crested form of the native polypody, good ground cover particularly for dry shade. In common with other species looks best in Winter.

Price: (2 or fewer plants) £7.00
Price: (3 or more plants) £6.50


Quantity:  



People who bought this item also bought:
1. Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM
2. Polystichum setiferum 'Plumoso-multilobum' AGM
3. Polystichum polyblepharum AGM
"

 Mouse over image to explore or click to enlarge

Polystichum aculeatum AGM

  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 60cm (24in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

Native hard shield fern with glossy stiff leathery fronds. Tolerant of most soils and happy with some chalk in the soil. Evergreen.

Price: (2 or fewer plants) £7.00
Price: (3 or more plants) £6.50


Quantity:  



People who bought this item also bought:
1. Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM
2. Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'
3. Polystichum setiferum 'Divisilobum Wollaston'
Polystichum setiferum 'Divisilobum Wollaston'

Polystichum setiferum 'Divisilobum Wollaston'

  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 60cm (24in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

Long and lacy fronds on this fine form. Evergreen. Good in dry shade.

Price: (2 or fewer plants) £7.00
Price: (3 or more plants) £6.50


Quantity:  



People who bought this item also bought:
1. Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'
2. Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM
3. Polystichum aculeatum AGM
"

 Mouse over image to explore or click to enlarge

Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'

  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 60cm (24in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

A fine divisilobum form of the soft shield fern. A beautiful, elegant form of this easy very tolerant fern even of dry soils. Makes a very good subject for a container.

Price: (2 or fewer plants) £7.00
Price: (3 or more plants) £6.50


Quantity:  



People who bought this item also bought:
1. Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM
2. Polystichum aculeatum AGM
3. Polystichum setiferum 'Divisilobum Wollaston'
Plants for shade >  Plants for Specific Locations  >  Ferns Suitable for Dry Shade.

Best Selling Plants

Asplenium scolopendrium AGM

Asplenium scolopendrium AGM

£6.95 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

The native wild form of this easy and very useful evergreen fern. Strap shaped, long undivided fronds giving the plant it's common name Hart's (deer) Tongue fern. Grows better on alkaline to neutral soils. Happy in damp shade but also in dry shade once established. This fern works brilliantly with other ferns, hostas and bergenias.
find out more

Gillenia trifoliata AGM

Gillenia trifoliata AGM

£6.95 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

A plant that has become increasingly popular as gardeners recognise its quiet beauty. White star flowers that have a fluttering butterfly quality about them, reddish stems and calyxs, followed by berries and coloured foliage in Autumn. A semi-shaded well drained spot will have this flowering most of the Summer. Use to the front of a shade border to fully appreciate its beauty. A rhizomatous perennial, that is gradually clump forming.
find out more

Beesia calthifolia

Beesia calthifolia

£7.00

A new introduction of great charm. Heart shaped leaves, clump forming, evergreen, dark red in Winter and glossy burnished bronzy green in Summer. Flowers pretty constantly all Summer with lots of white stars from May. Likes a moist shaded spot.
find out more

Smilacina tatsiense

Smilacina tatsiense

£9.50

Neat growing species with white flowers and dark green leaves.
find out more

Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'

Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'

£7.00 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

A fine divisilobum form of the soft shield fern. A beautiful, elegant form of this easy very tolerant fern even of dry soils. Makes a very good subject for a container.
find out more

Begonia 'Torsa'

Begonia 'Torsa'

£7.00

A new hardy form whcih grows very large, pink flower in late Summer till frosts. The leaves can grow 40cm across
find out more

Solution Graphics