Garden Center Showplace Ferns

American Maidenhair Fern

Sensitive Fern

Cinnamon Fern

Southern Lady Fern

Toothwood Fern

Walking Fern

Royal Fern

Ebony Spleenwort Fern

Key Largo Astilbe

Hayscented Fern

Japanese Painted Fern

The ‘Japanese Painted Fern’, Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum', is a low maintenance, deciduous fern with soft grayish-green and silvery dark maroon foliage. Being the Perennial of the Year for 2004, one can see why. ‘Japanese Painted Fern’ has a plant spread of 24” and a height of 24” and a must to any garden. ‘Japanese Painted Fern’ requires full shade, however, small amounts of afternoon sun give the most vibrant color to its foliage. Best of all, the Japanese Painted Fern can help with erosion control, while presenting minimal wind resistance.

Leatherwood Fern

The Leatherwood Fern or Marginal Shield Fern is an evergreen fern which typically forms a non-spreading, vase-shaped clump to 1.5-2' (infrequently to 3') tall. This is a woodland fern which is most often found in shaded crevices of rocky ledges and bluffs. Leatherwood Ferns features grayish-green, deeply cut, leathery fronds (15-20" long). These ferns prefer loamy moist soils, and do best in cool position in the garden, so avoid the afternoon sun. The evergreen fronds are very attractive and provide good interest to the winter landscape.

Christmas Fern

The Christmas Fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, occurs in both dry and moist wooded slopes, moist banks and ravines. It typically grows in a fountain-like clump to 2' tall and features leathery, lance-shaped, evergreen (green at Christmas time as the common name suggests) fronds. Christmas ferns are asymmetrical with a fine texture and has a moderately dense crown. The evergreen fronds provide good winter interest for the landscape. These plants serve as hosts for butterfly larvae.

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The Coneflower Little Giant,
'Echinacea purpurea', is
an easy to grow flower that produces beautiful, huge clear pink daisy-like flowers. It is named little because it is short and giant because of its huge 5” bloom size. Blooming from July to October and a major attractor to butterflies and bees and deer resistant, it is a must for any perennial gardens.

Echinacea is said to increase immune function, reduce the effects of colds and flu’s, fights off viral, bacterial and fungal infections and purify the blood
and flush waste from the lymphatic system.

The Grandiflora Hydrangea,
Hydrangea paniculata, is a common American garden plant and highly valued for its vigor and bloom dependability. Sterile flowers appear in August and remain on the plant until the first hard frost.

The large conical shaped white flower heads turn to pink in the fall with gray-green leaves. Sent to America from Japan in 1861, this continues to be one of the best loved varieties. The blooms can easily be used for drying. 6+ foot height at maturity.

The Lady Fern
or Red Stem fern has a feathery textured frond with a red stem. It is a slow spreading fern, which will make a nice mass in a few years. The Southern Lady fern thrives in the garden, given any reasonably good soil and will make a dense stand over time. It prefers to have it's feet wet.

This plant is used for container plantings, borders, foundation planting, massing and groundcover. The Southern Lady fern is perennial and is deciduous. This very versatile plant goes well with evergreen shrubs and Hostas.

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