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Regal Red Japanese Fern
Prices start at : 5.99 USD / each

The pinnules on Regal Red Japanese Fern twist a little giving the frond a fluffed up look. Handsome and ruffled this high color painted fern has a dark interior on its frond which is contrasted by the bright silver edges.
  • Max Height (feet): 20"
  • Zones: 4-9
  • Genus: Athyrium niponicum pictum ‘Regal Red'
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer, Fall
Illinois
Bloomington
Golden Mist Fern
Prices start at : 5.99 USD / each

New growth of golden-yellow matures to a dark green. Add a breath of cool color to the summer garden! Ferns are the perfect perennial for planting in deep shade, where it is most difficult to grow anything else.
  • Spread: 12-24"
  • Max Height (feet): 2
  • Zones: 5-8
  • Plant Lighting: Full Shade
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
Illinois
Bloomington
Ostrich Fern
Prices start at : 5.49 USD / each

Ostrich Fern is one of the most graceful plants for shady or sunny spots in your landscape. Ostrich gets the tallest growing up to 5'. Deer resistant and for a rain garden.
  • Max Height (feet): 5
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Zones: 3-8
  • Colors: Green
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
Colorful Trio Fern Collection
Prices start at : 14.99 USD / each

You receive 1 each of Regal Red Japanese Fern, Golden Mist Fern and Brilliance Autumn Ferns.
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Zones: 5-8
Illinois
Bloomington
Spinulose Wood Fern
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

This Spinulose Wood Fern is the ''fancy fern'' of the florist. Likes moist soil and partial shade. They're the perfect perennial for planting in deep shade, where we find it difficult to make most anything else grow.
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
  • Max Height (feet): 3
  • Zones: 4-10
  • Colors: Green
  • Genus: Dryopteris spinulosa
Illinois
Bloomington
Favorite Fern Collection
Prices start at : 29.93 USD / each

Remove hard clay and replace with a mixture of topsoil, peat moss and sand, heavy on the peat moss. Plant 2-3' apart. With this collection you will receive 1 each of the following seven (7) varieties: Lady in Red Golden Mist Christmas Ostrich Brilliance...
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
Christmas Fern
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

We believe that we shouldn't just leave nature's most graceful, lacy and symmetrically perfect plants -- the ferns -- in deep woods where they can't be seen and enjoyed. Vigorous, number one fern plants.
  • Spread: 2'
  • Max Height (feet): 3
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Zones: 3-8
Illinois
Bloomington
Japanese Painted Fern
Prices start at : 5.49 USD / each

The Japanese Painted Fern should be planted in light to moderate shade for best color. Deer resistant. Grows 12-18'' tall. The Japanese Painted Fern has a colorful Oriental beauty accented by shades of burgundy, gray and dark green fronds.
  • Genus: Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum'
  • Spread: 12-24''
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Colors: Green, Red, Silver/Gray
  • Max Height (feet): 20"
Illinois
Bloomington
Polypodium Glycyrrhiza, Licorice Fern
Price : CALL

I am seeking dried Polypodium Glycyrrhiza, licorice fern root, dried and shipped to me in Tennessee zip 37385. Please advise if you can supply, how much and when. I am seeking dried Polypodium Glycyrrhiza, licorice fern root, sweet root or whole plant,...
United States
Tennessee
Native Fern
Prices start at : 9.99 USD / each

One collection includes 6 plants: 1 each of Christmas, Lady, Spinulose Wood, Maidenhair, Royal and Cinnamon ferns. Two collections include 12 plants, 2 of each variety.
  • Zones: 3-10
  • Deer Resistant: No
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
Illinois
Bloomington
Brilliance Autumn Fern
Prices start at : 5.99 USD / each

Plant 2-3' apart. Grows 18-24'' tall. Plant in shaded spots such as on the north side of the house, or under trees where they receive alternate periods of sun and shade throughout the day, preferably more shade than sun.
  • Max Height (feet): 24"
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Colors: Orange
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
Illinois
Bloomington
Ostrich Fern
Prices start at : 6.49 USD / each

Prefers moist humus-rich soil. Feathery fronds make this a favorite of fern lovers. One of the tallest ferns available, Ostrich Ferns grow from 3-5' tall. Very low maintenance plant performs best in partial to full shade.
  • Colors: Green
  • Spread: 2-3'
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Max Height (feet): 5
  • Genus: Matteuccia struthiopteris
Illinois
Bloomington
Boston Fern Propagation: How To Divide And Propagate Boston Fern Runners
Put a piece of broken pot or a rock over the drainage hole and add some well-draining potting medium, covering the centered new ferns roots.If the fronds look a bit sickly, they may be removed to reveal the young emergent Boston fern shoots and fiddleheads.
Ohio
Willoughby
Information On Care For Boston Fern – Care Tips For A Boston Fern
You can also try lightly misting your fern once or twice a week to help it get the humidity it needs.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });Another step in how to take care of a Boston fern is to make sure that...
Ohio
Willoughby
Boston Fern Leaf Drop: Why Leaflets Fall From Boston Fern Plants
Either way, the solution is simple. You may notice white flakes on the soil's surface or your fern may turn brown and yellow in isolated areas. Soak the plant's soil completely, until water is running out the bottom.
Ohio
Willoughby
Boston Fern Repotting: How And When To Repot Boston Ferns
Is an impressive plant that displays a deep green color and lush fronds that can reach lengths of up to 5 feet. Don't plant the fern in a large pot because the excess potting soil in the pot retains moisture that may cause.
Ohio
Willoughby
Boston Fern With Black Fronds: Reviving Black Fronds On Boston Ferns
Your fern will also experience some natural browning as it ages. Add lots ofto the soil – this will encourage the growth of beneficial fungi that should destroy the nematodes. If the infestation is bad, remove any infected plants.freestar.queue.push(function()...
Ohio
Willoughby
Growing Ferns Indoors
You can alsoproduced in little capsules. Most ferns don't like cold. Ferns are relatively easy to grow; however, drafts, dry air and temperature extremes won't help. These ferns would be well suited to cooler parts of the house but won't survive in rooms...
Ohio
Willoughby
Fern, Japanese Painted
Prices start at : 11.99 USD / 1 Plant

Athyrium niponicum pictum is the deciduous Japanese Painted fern. Its beautiful 8-12" tall fronds have wine colored mid-ribs and "painted" silver-green and white leaflets.
  • Resistant To: Rabbit
  • Zone: 3-8
  • Genus: Athyrium
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Sun: Full Shade, Part Sun
Pennsylvania
Warminster
Watering A Boston Fern: Learn About Boston Fern Watering Needs
Add water as needed to keep the pebbles consistently moist. If the surface of the soil feels slightly dry, it's time to give the plant a drink. Let the plant drain thoroughly and never let the pot stand in water.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...
Ohio
Willoughby
Propagating Ferns: Growing Ferns From Spores And Division
The soil doesn't need to be very wet, but humidity is a crucial requirement for the plants.Ferns don't need to be fertilized in the garden but potted plants many benefit from once a month feedings with a liquid fertilizer diluted by half.Prune off the...
Ohio
Willoughby
Boston Fern Outdoors: Can A Boston Fern Be Grown Outside
Provide enough water to keep the soil consistently moist, but never allow the soil to remain soggy or waterlogged. Read on to find out.Although Boston fern is often grown as a houseplant, it thrives outdoors in warm, humid climates in USDA zones 9-11.
Ohio
Willoughby
Boston Fern Fertilizer – Tips For Fertilizing Boston Ferns
The fertilizer should have aDuring the summer, you can also supplement the monthly Boston fern fertilizer with slow release fertilizers. This means that they need less fertilizer to grow.
Ohio
Willoughby
Overwintering Boston Ferns – What To Do With Boston Ferns In Winter
We've answered the question, can Boston ferns stay outdoors in winter. Water Boston ferns with rainwater or other water that is not chlorinated.Now that you've learned what to do with Boston ferns in winter, you may want to save money by trying this process...
Ohio
Willoughby
Growing Staghorns: Platycerium Ferns
But most Staghorn ferns could not handle this exposure in out climate.Propagation is by either growing them from spores (something I have never managed to do) or fromor pup, and carefully cut it off with a sharp knife or scissors, taking at least some...
California
El Segundo
Fern, Lady in Red
Prices start at : 10.99 USD / 1 Plant

Plant as accents or in drifts. The color is unique in the realm of Japanese painted ferns, with striking bright red stalks and delicate lacy fronds. We would guess you have never seen a fern such as this, and we think it's time you do.
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders
  • Resistant To: Rabbit
  • Sun: Full Shade, Part Sun
  • Planting Time: Fall, Spring
Pennsylvania
Warminster
Athyrium filix-femina, Victoriae
Prices start at : 16.99 USD / 1 Plant

Great for the garden and containers in a shady area for interest from spring until fall. The fronds are decorated with criss-crossed pinnae creating a sequence of x's up and down the fronds.
  • Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders
  • Zone: 4-9
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Genus: Athyrium
Pennsylvania
Warminster