Woodwardia - Chain Ferns

Prefers a moist acidic soil.
Woodwardia fimbriata AGM

Woodwardia fimbriata AGM

  • Pot size: 1 Litre
  • Plant ultimate height: 100cm plus (36 ins)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

Hardy giant chain fern from North America. Fronds tend to go up and outwards not arching over. Evergreen.

Price: (2 or fewer plants) £8.80
Price: (3 or more plants) £8.50


Quantity:  


Website suspended to catch up with backlog
Woodwardia orientalis ssp formosana

Woodwardia orientalis ssp formosana

  • Pot size: 1 Litre
  • Plant ultimate height: 75cm plus (32in plus)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

A collected form from Taiwan with large arching fronds and new young ferns covering the surface. Likely to be hardy in a sheltered spot.

Price: £9.80


Quantity:  



Sorry, only available by mail order when dormant



Website suspended to catch up with backlog
Woodwardia radicans AGM

Woodwardia radicans AGM

  • Pot size: 1 Litre
  • Plant ultimate height: 15cm (6in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

An enormous fern which needs a very sheltered almost frost free moist but not stagnant situation. Forms new plantlets from buds on the frond tips. Evergreen. A wonderful site in Madeira trailing down over the Levadas. City or coastal for open garden, otherwise a large pot taken in, in the winter.

Price: £11.80


Quantity:  


Website suspended to catch up with backlog
"

 Mouse over image to explore or click to enlarge

Woodwardia unigemmata AGM

  • Pot size: 1.5 litre
  • Plant ultimate height: 75cm plus (32in plus)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

A hardy species of the chain fern, down to minus 8* C. Bright red new fronds, ageing to green. For moistish positions in shade. Fronds can be 1.5m long; quite one of the best large hardy ferns and one we are delighted to be able to offer.

Price: £14.00


Quantity:  



Sorry, only available by mail order when dormant



Website suspended to catch up with backlog

Best Selling Plants

Adiantum venustum AGM

£9.00 (2 or fewer items) £8.80 (3 or more items)

The hardy creeping maidenhair fern from the Himalayas. Will spread to form dense ground cover. Evergreen. Not for very dry soils.
find out more

Epimedium 'Arctic Wings'

£9.00

A strong growing evergreen form from Robin White. This is a really good large white flowered form that flowers in April and May, bluish evergreen leaves.
find out more

Dryopteris sieboldii AGM

£8.50 (2 or fewer items) £8.00 (3 or more items)

This unusual Japanese fern has a long uncut terminal pinnae some 20-30cm in length and two or three pairs of uncut side pinnae. It is quite glaucous-green in colour and prefers a humus rich soil and protection from strong winds. Texturally, a very valuable fern. It looks great when planted amongst boulders or against a wall. Evergreen. Used beautifully at Abbotsbury Gardens in Dorset.
find out more

Dryopteris affinis 'Crispa Gracilis' AGM

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

A short form of the native golden-scale fern, but as its name suggests, has crisped and crested fronds. It grows very easily, neatly and reaches approximately 30cm tall. Semi-evergreen.
find out more

Dryopteris filix-mas AGM

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

The native male fern, easy and very tolerant of dry soil. Decidous.
find out more

Special Offer Cyclamen hederifolium AGM - 8 mixed leaved forms.

£40.00

{About}
A mixed batch of leaves and flower colour, 8 x 9cm pots. Super in dry shade, August - September flowering, with flowers appearing in ethereal ring like clumps and with the good looking marbled leaves remaining all Winter long. This collection offers great value for money. Please remember that Cyclamen hederifolium are Summer dormant.
{Cultivation}
Cyclamen hederifolium is very easy to grow in any well drained shaded spot and is one of the most tolerant of the driest dry shade. Looks glorious in drifts under deciduous trees. Plants at 20cm centres and at the same depth as the pots. Summer dormant.


find out more

Solution Graphics