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Lucifer Crocosmia
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 5" Container

The flowers bloom from summer through fall. The Crocosmia is also commonly known as Montbretia. Crocosmias are clump forming and bloom best in crowded conditions. It is cold hardy to zone 5, making this is a great perennial for northern gardens that want...
  • Flower Color: Red
  • Foliage: Dark Green
  • Mature Height: 24 - 36 inches
  • Botanical Name: Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
Nebraska
Omaha
Ice Ballet Butterfly Plant
Prices start at : 44.95 USD / #2 Container range: 1.2 - 1.8 gallons (5 - 8 liters)

Use in mass plantings, as a border plant, or as a tall ground cover. Ice Ballet prefers to be planted in full sun and needs well drained soil. Excellent for borders, as tall ground cover or for cut flowers.
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Flower Color: White
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Foliage: Green
  • Botanical Name: Asclepias 'Ice Ballet'
Nebraska
Omaha
Karley Rose Fountain Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

From earliest spring into the dead of winter, this grass offers an arresting display that complements flowering plants nearby while making an elegant statement on its own. The value of this long-lived and low-maintenance fountain grass comes from the...
  • Foliage: Green
  • Flower Color: Purple
  • Botanical Name: Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose'
  • Soil Type: Widely adaptable
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Nebraska
Omaha
Ostrich Fern
Prices start at : 22.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

The fronds unfurl into a beautiful vase shape that really does look like an ostrich's tail feathers. Interestingly, we're told by friends in Vermont that the young fiddleheads are delicious sauteed in a bit of oil, with a taste like asparagus.
  • Botanical Name: Matteuccia struthiopteris 'Ostrich Fern'
  • Flower Color: Green
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Mature Height: 4 - 5 feet
Nebraska
Omaha
The Hawaiian Silversword Fern
The seeds will again take root in the volcanic mass to produce small new plantlets.The plant has been a protected species since 1922 and there is a serious fine for removing them from the mountain.
California
El Segundo
Lady in Red Fern
Prices start at : 5.49 USD / each

Prefers full to partial shade. One of the most exciting garden fern introductions in years! Dazzling burgundy red stems (by the second year) differentiate Lady in Red from all other ferns and makes it a must for your shade garden.
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Zones: 3-8
  • Genus: Athyrium angustum forma rubellum
  • Spread: 24"
  • Colors: Green, Red
Illinois
Bloomington
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.
  • Genus: Athyrium niponicum pictum ‘Regal Red'
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Spread: 12-18''
  • Zones: 4-9
Illinois
Bloomington
Golden Mist Fern
Prices start at : 5.99 USD / each

Plant 2-3' apart. Remove hard clay and replace with a mixture of topsoil, peat moss and sand, heavy on the peat moss. New growth of golden-yellow matures to a dark green. Plant in shaded spots such as on the north side of the house, or under trees where...
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Genus: Dryopteris labordei
  • Zones: 5-8
  • Plant Lighting: Full Shade
  • Spread: 12-24"
Illinois
Bloomington
Ostrich Fern
Prices start at : 5.49 USD / each

Deer resistant and for a rain garden. 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'.
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Spread: 2-3'
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Max Height (feet): 5
  • Genus: Matteuccia struthiopteris
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.
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Zones: 5-8
  • Max Height (feet): 2
Illinois
Bloomington
Blue Bird Rose of Sharon
Prices start at : 7.99 USD / each

Grows 6-8' tall and 6' wide. Loaded with an abundance of violet-blue flowers with ruby-red centers, Blue Bird is ideal as a hedge, foundation or specimen planting. Full to parital sun.
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Colors: Blue
  • Zones: 5-5
  • Genus: Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Bird'
  • Max Height (feet): 8
Illinois
Bloomington
Spinulose Wood Fern
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

Vigorous, number one fern plants. On a hot summer day just looking at their crisp coolness tends to make us feel more comfortable Their luxuriant beauty is perfect for giving an exotic tropical effect to your bouquets the year 'round.
  • Colors: Green
  • Spread: 3'
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
Illinois
Bloomington
Favorite Fern Collection
Prices start at : 29.93 USD / each

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.
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
  • Zones: 5-9
Illinois
Bloomington
Christmas Fern
Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

They're the perfect perennial for planting in deep shade, where we find it difficult to make most anything else grow. Grows even in dry soil. Its bold, deep green fronds provide cooling summer garden beauty and greenery.
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Genus: Polystichum acrostichoides
  • Spread: 2'
  • Max Height (feet): 3
  • Zones: 3-8
Illinois
Bloomington
Japanese Painted Fern
Prices start at : 5.49 USD / each

Grows 12-18'' tall. It is a perfect background for a shady flower garden. Deer resistant. The Japanese Painted Fern has a colorful Oriental beauty accented by shades of burgundy, gray and dark green fronds.
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
  • Max Height (feet): 20"
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Colors: Green, Red, Silver/Gray
  • Spread: 12-24''
Illinois
Bloomington
Polypodium Glycyrrhiza, Licorice Fern
Price : CALL

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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.
  • Season Color: Spring, Summer
  • Max Height (feet): 3
  • Plant Lighting: Partial Sun/Shade, Full Shade
  • Zones: 3-10
Illinois
Bloomington
Brilliance Autumn Fern
Prices start at : 5.99 USD / each

Remove hard clay and replace with a mixture of topsoil, peat moss and sand, heavy on the peat moss. 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...
  • Genus: Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'
  • Zones: 5-8
  • Spread: 18-24"
  • Colors: Orange
  • Max Height (feet): 24"
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.
  • Zones: 2-8
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Genus: Matteuccia struthiopteris
  • Colors: Green
  • Spread: 2-3'
Illinois
Bloomington
Boston Fern Propagation: How To Divide And Propagate Boston Fern Runners
First, allow the fern roots to dry out a bit and then remove the Boston fern from its pot. The offset may be planted immediately if removed by hand; however, if the offset was cut from the parent plant, set it aside for a couple of days to allow the cut...
Ohio
Willoughby
Information On Care For Boston Fern – Care Tips For A Boston Fern
Below, we have listed a few care tips for a Boston fern so that you can provide everything your fern needs to be happy and beautiful.The first thing you need to do for proper Boston fern care is to make sure that it's in the right kind of environment.
Ohio
Willoughby
Boston Fern Leaf Drop: Why Leaflets Fall From Boston Fern Plants
When you habitually over fertilize, the unused nutrients build up in the soil. Soak the plant's soil completely, until water is running out the bottom. So if you've got just a few dropping leaves and the care you're giving your plant is otherwise excellent,...
Ohio
Willoughby
Boston Fern Repotting: How And When To Repot Boston Ferns
The fern should be planted at the same depth it was planted in the previous container. Place the fern in the new container and fill in around the root ball with potting soil up to about 1 inch from the top.Adjust the soil in the bottom of the container,...
Ohio
Willoughby
Boston Fern With Black Fronds: Reviving Black Fronds On Boston Ferns
Keep reading to learn what causes a Boston fern with black fronds, and what to do about it.There is one case in which a Boston fern with black fronds is perfectly natural, and it's good to be able to spot it.
Ohio
Willoughby
Growing Ferns Indoors
These grow well in pots and are great for hanging baskets because they have arching foliage and take their nourishment directly from their environment or air. The right compost must be free draining so that the roots never get waterlogged.
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.
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Resistant To: Rabbit
  • Genus: Athyrium
  • Height: 8-12 inches
  • Sun: Full Shade, Part Sun
Pennsylvania
Warminster
Watering A Boston Fern: Learn About Boston Fern Watering Needs
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"); });Boston fern watering is enhanced if you provide a humid environment.
Ohio
Willoughby