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Suitable Ferns For Pot Culture

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Some Hardy Ferns For The Garden

Author: Chris Goudey    Founding president of our Society and respected author of several books on ferns and their culture, Chris with his wife Lorraine owns and operates Austral Ferns, a successful wholesale fern nursery near Geelong.
 

THE FOLLOWING FERNS ARE SUITABLE FOR POT CULTURE OR PLANTING IN A FERNERY


12 HARDY VICTORIAN NATIVE FERNS
 
BOTANICAL NAMES
Adiantum hispidulum
Asplenium bulbiferurn
Blechnum nudum
Cyathea australis
Davallia pyxidata
Dicksonia antarctica
Doodia aspera
Hypolepis glandulifera
Microsorum diversifolium
Lastreopsis microsora
Polystichum proliferum
Pteris tremula
COMMON NAMES
Rough Maidenhair
Hen and Thicken Fern
Fishbone Water Fern
Rough Tree Fern
Cup Haresfoot
Soft Tree Fern
Rasp Fern
Downv Ground Fern
Kangaroo Fern
Creeping Shield Fern
Mother Shield Fern
Tender Brake

 
12 HARDY EXOTIC FERNS
 
BOTANICAL NAME
Adiantum raddianum
Athyrium filix-femina
Cheilanthes myriophylla
Cvrtomium falcaturn
Davallia mariesii
Dryopteris erythrosora
Dicksonia squarrosa
Polystichum setiferum
Pteris cretica
Pyrrosia lingua
Tectaria gemmifera
Woodwardia radicans

 
 
 
COMMON NAME
Common Maidenhair (USA)
Lady Fern (U.K.)
American Lace Fern (USA)
Holly Fern Japan, China)
Haresfoot (Japan)
Auturnn Fern (Japan, China)
Wheki (N.Z.)
Soft Shield Fern (U.K.)
Cretan Brake (Europe)
Japanese Felt Fern (Japan)
Snail Fern (Africa)
Chain Fern (Europe)

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