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GARDEN PLANTS - FERNS

Ferns are lovely massed in the garden, or planted under trees. They tolerate both shade and wet areas well. The foliage is delicate and moves with the slightest breeze, making the plants seem to dance. Evergreen ferns lend color to the Winter landscape.

American Maidenhair Fern	The American maidenhair fern is a deciduous, clump-forming fern which typically grows 1.5 to 2' tall.
Sensitive Fern	The Sensitive Fern, Onoclea sensibilis, is a large, somewhat coarse deciduous fern which occurs in wet woods and thickets and in moist soils.
Christmas Fern	The Christmas fern occurs in both dry and moist wooded slopes, moist banks and ravines. It typically grows in a fountain-like clump to 2' tall.
Cinnamon Fern	Cinnamon ferns occurs in moist, boggy ground along streams and on shaded ledges and bluffs. Typically grows in clumps to 2-3' tall.
Ebony Spleenwort Fern	Ebony spleenwort is an evergreen fern which typically grows to 15" tall and occurs on rocky wooded ledges, rocky slopes and mossy banks.
Hayscented Fern	Hayscented fern is very common. It can be identified by its lacy, light-green fronds that feel very slightly sticky to the touch.

Hayscented Fern	Hayscented fern is very common. It can be identified by its lacy, light-green fronds that feel very slightly sticky to the touch.
Leatherwood Fern	The Leatherwood fern or Marginal shield fern is an evergreen fern which typically forms a non-spreading, vase-shaped clump to 1.5-2'.
Royal Fern	Royal fern is a tall, deciduous fern which usually occurs on moist bluffs and ledges and along streams (sometimes growing in the water).
Southern Lady Fern	The Lady fern or Red Stem fern has a feathery texture frond with a red stem. It is a slow spreading fern, which will make a nice mass in a few years.
Toothwood Fern	Delightful lacy, the Toothed wood fern has true fern foliage of rich, deep green. Long triangular fronds made of hundreds of tiny leaflets spray up.
Walking Fern	This species, commonly called "Walking Fern", is an interesting little plant. The common name comes from the fact that the leaves sprout new plants.