Ferns are the perfect choice for cool, shady spots in the garden. Good companions are hostas, astilbes, rhododendrons, azaleas, heucheras and hardy fuchsias. Ferns prefer moist, well-drained soils in a shade to filtered light location.
Adiantum venustum
Arachnoides simplicior 'Variegata'
Asplenium scolopendrium
Asplenium scolopendrium 'Cristata'
Asplenium trichomanes
Asplenium tricomanes
Athyrium filix-femina
Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae'
Athyrium filix-femina v. cyclosorum
Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum-Applecourt'
Athyrium otophorum
Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata the King'
Dryopteris bissentiana
Dryopteris cycadina
Dryopteris dilatata 'Jimmy Dyce'
Dryopteris formosona
Dryopteris lepidopoda
Dryopteris pseudo filix-mas
Dryopteris remota
Dryopteris x australis
Matteuccia struthiopteris 'Jumbo'
Onychium japonicum
Osmunda regalis
Polystichum makinoi
Polystichum munitum
Polystichum neolobatum
Polystichum polyblepharum
Polystichum tsus-simense
Woodwardia fimbriata
Ferns are the perfect choice for cool, shady spots in the garden. Good companions are hostas, astilbes, rhododendrons, azaleas, heucheras and hardy fuchsias. Ferns prefer moist, well-drained soils in a shade to filtered light location.