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Future Forests: FERNS and GRASSES Suitable for Mail Order Updated 14th January 2011 |
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| FERNS | |||
| In 11cm pots € 3.50 each, any 5 for € 15, any 10 for € 25 | Suitable for Mail Order | ||
| Pic | Athyrium f.f. 'Frizellae' Irish Tatting Fern | Deciduous, fronds like strings of beads 45cm | |
| Pic | Athyrium nip. pictum 'Metallicum' Painted Japanese Fern | Delicate silver grey foliage, part shade 40cm | |
| Pic | Blechnum spicant Hard Fern | Native, needs acid soil | |
| Pic | Cyrtomium fortunei.'Clivicola' Japanese Holly Fern | Evergreen, light shade 60cm | |
| Dryopteris affinis Scaly Male Fern | Tall growing deciduous fern | ||
| Pic | Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata' The King of the Ferns | Regal dark green arching fronds 90cm. x 90cm | |
| Pic | Dryopteris affinis 'Crispa Congesta' | Golden fronds, likes most soils 30cm | |
| Dryopteris atrata Shaggy Shield Fern | Dark green 'elephant trunk' fronds, 90cm x 90cm | ||
| Pic | Dryopteris erythrosa Japanese Buckler Fern | Young fronds coppery pink 50cm | |
| Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern | Easy to grow tall fern for the border 120cm | ||
| Dryopteris filix-mas 'Barnesii' | Arching lance shaped fronds 90-120cm | ||
| Pic | Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata' | Semi evergreen, crisped fronds 45x45cm | |
| Dryopteris f.m.'Linearis Polydactyla' | A rare Fern. 50cm x 60cm | ||
| Pic | Matteuccia struthiopteris Ostrich fern | Deciduous, fronds like a shuttlecock, 90cm+ | |
| Polypodium vulgare Common Polypody | Small evergreen fern, happy in rock crevices | ||
| Pic | Polystichum braunii | Deciduous, dark glossy green fronds 80cm | |
| Polystichum munitum Sword Fern | Tall evergreen fern 90cm+ | ||
| Pic | Polystichum setiferum Soft Shield Fern | Arching fronds, brown scales, native | |
| Pic | Polystichum setiferum congestum Dwarf soft shield fern | Soft feathery fronds. 20-30cm | |
| Pic | Woodsia obtusa | Deciduous, fully hardy, part shade, 20cm | |
| Pic | Woodwardia fimbriata | Deeply lobed fronds | |
| GRASSES and GRASS-LIKE PERENNIALS in Liners | |||
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9cm or 10cm pots at €3.50 each, any 5 for 15 €uro, any 10 for 25 €uro Suitable for mail order |
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| Briza | media | Quaking Grass | |
| Carex | brunnera 'Variegata' | Variegated Sedge | |
| Pic | buchananii | Stiff dark bronze grass | |
| Pic | comans 'Bronze' | Deep rich bronze tufts all year 30cm | |
| Pic | comans 'Frosted Curls' | Silvery green arching blades | |
| dipsacea | Arching blades turn orange/red in autumn | ||
| oshimensis 'Evergold' | Low mound of golden variegated foliage | ||
| pendula | Graceful flowerheads 80cm | ||
| 'Silver Sceptre' | |||
| tenuiculmis Sold out | Reddish chocolate tints 75cm | ||
| testacea | Stiff green blades tinged red | ||
| trifida Sold out | Blue/green strappy leaves, huge seed-heads; damp ground 90cm | ||
| Cortaderia (later) | fulvida | Drooping, shaggy plumes 240cm | |
| richardii | Large slender plumes 300cm | ||
| selloana 'Pumila' | Free-flowering dwarf form 180cm | ||
| selloana 'White Feather' Pampas | Feathery white plumes late summer 240cm | ||
| Deschampsia Sold Out | cespitosa 'Northern Lights' | Green with cream margins | |
| Elymus | magelanicus | Tall clumps of intense blue. Good in pots | |
| Pic | Festuca | glauca 'Blue Fox' | Blue grass |
| Luzula | nivea | Grey green rosettes, delicate seed heads | |
| sylvatica Sold Out | Broad glossy blades, grow almost anywhere | ||
| Milium | effusum 'Aureum' | Low mound of bright golden yellow | |
| Miscanthus | sinensis | Tall grass with feathery plumes | |
| Molina | caerulea 'Karl Forester' | Deciduous. Broad blades turn yellow in autumn, purple flowers | |
| Ophiopogon | japonicus 'Minor' Sold Out | Hardy, compact evergreen, white flowers | |
| plan. 'Nigrescens' Sold Out | Distinctive black leaves, lilac flowers | ||
| Seselaria | caerulea Blue Moor Grass | Clumps of blue, dark green undersides, 25cm | |
| Stipa | arundinacea Sold Out | Arching, bronze/green with red highlights | |
| gigantea Oat Grass | Striking tall seedheads stand well into winter | ||
| Pic | tenuissima 'Pony Tails' | Very attractive flower heads | |
| Pic | Uncinia | rubra | Mounds of reddish brown blades 30cm x 30cm |
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