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Suitable Ferns For Pot Culture

This article was provided by The Fern Society of Victoria

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)