Vendor: Plants Express
Type: fern
Price: 43.95

Asplenium bulbiferum is a beautiful fern with glossy, pale green, arching foliage prized for its graceful habit and unique ability to produce “baby plants” known as bulbils along its fronds. This unusual characteristic gives Asplenium bulbiferum its common names of Mother Fern, Hen and Chicken Fern, and Mother Spleenwort. Lacy and luxuriant, Mother Fern adds texture and elegance in a shady garden.

Mother Fern is a medium-size fern that spreads 3 ft. wide by short, creeping to suberect rhizomes. This semi-hardy to semi-tender evergreen fern is soft textured with finely cut blades and long fronds that measure 2-3 ft. long. The offspring, or plantlets, produced on the top of the leaf add another dimension of texture. The foliage color can change from light green to yellowish-green in brighter light, adding another exciting element to the landscape.

Asplenium bulbiferum is easy to grow and is an excellent fern for shady areas in the landscape with moist soils. Mother Fern looks great in tropical, meadow, or woodland gardens in mass plantings, as an accent, or in containers. It can also be grown indoors in bright, indirect light.

With its graceful, arching habit, glossy green fronds, and lacy appearance, Asplenium bulbiferum adds texture and interest in a shady landscape. Easy to grow and low maintenance, Mother Fern is a popular choice for California’s mild climate gardens in the central coastal or southern coastal areas.

Vendor: Plants Express
Type: fern
Price: 18.95 - 43.95 (2 variants)

Blechnum gibbum 'Silver Lady' is an attractive dwarf tree fern that is sure to turn heads! This elegant fern is native to tropical and subtropical regions and is popular among gardeners for its symmetrical crown of glossy, bright green feather-like fronds.

Silver Lady Fern is an evergreen, semi-tender to tender dwarf tree fern with simplified leaflets (or pinnae) of lime-green with softly undulating margins. Blechnum gibbum 'Silver Lady' is dimorphic and has both sterile and fertile fronds on the same plant. The fertile frond leaflets are slightly more narrow than those on the sterile frond. The glossy bright green upright fronds grow in a rosette-like whorl atop a short trunk. The short central trunk is slow to develop. Considered a medium sized fern, Silver Lady Fern will grow around 3-4 ft. tall when mature.

Blechnum gibbum 'Silver Lady' is a fantastic fern for shady areas with moist soils and looks great in tropical, meadow, or woodland gardens in mass plantings, as an accent fern, or in containers. It can also be grown indoors in bright, indirect light.

The fabulous feathery fronds of Silver Lady Fern are stunning and add visual interest and texture in a shady landscape. In the right conditions, Blechnum ‘Silver Lady’ is easy to grow and low maintenance in California’s mild climate gardens.

Vendor: Plants Express
Type: fern
Price: 43.95

Microlepia strigosa is a graceful fern with delicate green lacy fronds, yet tough enough to tolerate drier conditions than most ferns. The soft-textured triangular leaves resemble intricate lacework and slowly spread by rhizomes to form lush billowing clumps. In California, Lace Fern is a popular garden fern.

Lace Fern is a medium-large fern that slowly spreads 3 ft. wide or more by clump-forming rhizomes. This semi-hardy to semi-tender evergreen fern has finely-divided, bright green, gracefully arching fronds that grow close together for a full-foliage look. The new growth is a light apple-green or chartreuse color that matures to a darker green and adds colorful interest in the landscape.

Microlepia strigosa is easy to grow and is an excellent fern for shady areas in the landscape. Its short-creeping, clumping habit makes Lace Fern an excellent choice for borders or foundations. And the lacy foliage provides a fine, soft texture that looks good in a woodland or tropical garden, or on the porch or patio in containers

Its delicate appearance and adaptability to drier conditions, make Lace Fern a popular choice for the California landscape. Microlepia strigosa is a versatile and low maintenance fern that's perfect for adding soft, lush texture in a shady garden.

Vendor: Plants Express
Type: fern
Price: 43.95

Cyrtomium falcatum is a fascinating fern prized for its unique, coarsely divided, glossy dark green leathery foliage that resemble holly leaves but without the sharp painful spines. This popular garden fern is a great choice for indoor or outdoor cultivation.

Holly Fern is a semi-hardy to hardy fern with deep green, leathery fronds. The holly-like leaflets (pinnae) are shiny and wavy with some serrated edges and are slightly curved towards one side, resembling a sickle blade as the species name suggests. Cyrtomium falcatum is a medium sized fern with erect rhizomes and forms an upright mound 30 inches tall by 36 inches wide; evergreen or semi-evergreen depending on garden temperatures and growing zones.

Holly Fern’s distinctive foliage provides texture and interest in a shade garden with a tropical or woodland flair and can tolerate coastal conditions. This beautiful fern can be planted among rocks, in large groups in a border, or in containers. Holly Fern can also be grown indoors in bright, indirect light.

Cyrtomium falcatum is a versatile and low-maintenance fern that's perfect for adding texture and interest to any shaded garden or indoor space. Its attractive glossy, leathery, holly-like foliage and adaptability make Holly Fern a popular choice among gardeners.

Vendor: Plants Express
Type: fern
Price: 18.95

Davallia trichomanoides is a furry-footed, fanciful fern, commonly known as the Squirrel’s Foot Fern. Finely divided, dark green foliage dress fuzzy rhizomes that resemble the foot of a squirrel. The distinctive, hairy rhizomes are easily seen creeping over the edge of a pot or along the soil surface. This unique fern is a popular fern as a houseplant or in a mild-climate garden.

Squirrel’s Foot Fern is a small to medium fern with triangular, shiny, finely divided, firm-textured leaves. Semi-evergreen, the old fronds self-shed followed by a short dormant period before new fronds emerge. Light brown, furry, long rhizomes are appealing and add interest as they creep over the edges of containers or rocks in mild climate gardens. Other common names include Black Rabbit’s Foot Fern or Hare’s Foot Fern, but some think these remarkable rhizomes also resemble spider legs.

Davallia trichomanoides is a great indoor fern that is easy to grow and can tolerate the lower humidity that is often found in the home. Outdoors, this Davallia looks great in shaded patios or porches, in containers, raised beds, or hanging baskets where the furry feet can be seen. Especially suited for woodland gardens, plant Squirrel’s Foot Fern among rocks as a ground cover to exhibit the creeping rhizomes. This semi-hardy to semi-tender fern is fast growing, easy to grow, and very adaptable in mild-climate gardens.

Squirrel’s Foot Fern is a unique and beautiful fern that is perfect for adding texture and interest to a shady garden or indoor space. The distinctive rhizomes, delicate fronds, and ease of care make Davallia trichomanoides a popular fern choice.

Vendor: Plants Express
Type: fern
Price: 18.95

Asplenium antiquum 'Victoria' is a stunning fern with foliage unlike the typical fern. The elegant, undivided, bright green polished leaves have ruffled edges that dazzle in any home or garden.

Bird’s Nest Ferns are popular ferns that can be grown in frost-free gardens or as a houseplant. There are several species in cultivation that are commonly called Bird’s Nest Ferns including Asplenium nidus, A. antiquum, and A. australasicum. The overlapping fronds radiate upward and outward in a rosette from the center of the fern forming a bowl-like depression in the middle that resembles a bird’s nest.

Also known as Wavy Japanese Bird’s Nest Fern, Victoria Bird’s Nest Fern is a semi-tender fern with undulating leaf margins. This medium sized fern is more compact and more robust and has narrower fronds and a better shape than the common bird’s nest fern (A. nidus or A. australasicum).

For a striking focal point, plant Victoria Bird’s Nest Fern in a frost-free shady location in the garden, or on the porch or patio in a pot. Can also be grown indoors in bright, indirect light.

Asplenium antiquum 'Victoria' is a graceful fern with lush, lustrous, frilly fronds and a distinctive shape that is sure to make a statement indoors or outdoors.

Vendor: Plants Express
Type: fern
Price: 43.95

Rumohra adiantiformis, known by some as Aspidium capense, is a familiar fern often found in floral arrangements, but this easy to grow fern is a tough garden fern that can tolerate drier conditions and some abuse that other ferns can’t handle. Attractive green, leathery fronds slowly spread by rhizomes to form lush mounds that look good in the landscape.

Leatherleaf Fern is a medium sized fern that spreads slowly by creeping rhizomes to 3 ft. wide. This semi-hardy evergreen fern has finely-divided, glossy, deep green fronds that are leathery. The broadly triangular fronds are highly variable in cut and size. Durable fronds have an excellent vase-life and are long lasting when used in cut-flower arrangements.

Rumohra adiantiformis is low maintenance and an excellent fern for shady areas in the landscape. Its slow spreading habit makes Leatherleaf fern an excellent choice for borders or foundations. The glossy, rich green foliage looks good in a woodland or tropical garden, or on the patio or porch in containers or hanging baskets.

Leatherleaf Fern is a versatile and easy to grow fern that’s perfect for adding rich green texture in a shady garden. Strong, long-lasting foliage and its adaptability to drier conditions than most ferns, make Rumohra adiantiformis a popular fern in California.

Vendor: Plants Express
Type: fern > tasmanian tree fern > Dicksonia antarctica > soft tree fern > man fern > tasmanian fern > evergreen > evergreen fern >
Price: 19.95 - 149.95 (3 variants)

This tree-like fern is a beautiful accent for the tropical effect. Dicksonia antarctica has a slow-growing dark brown trunk covered with fuzzy reddish-brown hairs and topped with a crown of arching finely cut dark green fronds. Tasmanian Tree Fern is best in shade but can tolerate full sun in foggy coastal areas. Plant in a location where it will be protected from strong winds. Dicksonia is slower and shorter than the Australian Tree Fern.