Dryopteridaceae

Golden-scaled male fern.

A magnificent native fern forming a strong clump. Fronds pinnate-pinnatifid, lance-shaped, glossy, dark green. In spring, the unfurling croziers cloaked with large ginger scales, are stunning. For cool spots, in acidic and humusy soils, and even chalky, in shade or light shade. Once established in the garden, it is drought tolerant. Evergreen. Height : 120cm. Width : 100cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Syn. : D. affinis 'Crispa Congesta'.

Dwarf fern. The fronds are very congested and crisped, very dense. The young fronds are light green, maturing to forest green. Plant in a rock garden or in a pot, in a well-drained soil, in shade or medium shade. Evergreen. Height : 20/25cm. Hardiness : -25°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

King of the male ferns

It differs from the species by its regularly crested pinnae and apex. Beautiful silhouette, grows in dense clump, in shade or light shade, in any soil. Drought tolerant. Evergreen. Height : 60/120cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Species from the Ardèche region of France. It is likely a fertile hybrid between D. affinis subsp. affinis and D. tyrrena. The fronds are in dense clumps, matt green. The pinnae are upward facing. It is easy to grow in any soil, in shade or light shade. It is drought tolerant. Evergreen. Height : 50/80cm. Hardiness : -18°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Narrow buckler fern.

This species forms an airy clump. The lamina is pale green and smooth. The long stipes bear sparse, uniformly tan scales. It is easy to grow and suitable for woods, banks, rocks, marshlands, acidic or alkaline soils, in shade. Deciduous. Height : 50/80cm. Hardiness : -35°C.

Dryopteridaceae.

Champion's wood fern.

This refined fern displays upright, thick, broadly triangular, satiny green fronds. Late in spring, the crosiers, appear cloaked with silver white fuzz; then, the young fronds unfurl anise-green coloured. For acidic or neutral, humusy soils, well-drained in light shade. It is drought tolerant. Truly evergreen. Height : 60/90cm. Hardiness : -25°C.

Dryopteridaceae.

Clinton's wood fern.

Fern native to the wet woodlands of the north-eastern USA and Canada. It is a fertile hybrid between D. goldiana and D. cristata. It is an elegant fern with bright green fronds, broadly triangular, pinnate-pinnatifid, semi-evergreen. Give it a moist and humusy soil in shade or light shade. Height : 70/100cm.  Hardiness : -25°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Beautiful fern with a profuse foliage. The broad fronds are pale green in spring, and then darken, giving a contrast effect. Very strong, it adapts to any soil, in shade or half shade. Semi-evergreen. Height:60/80cm. Hardiness:-25°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Thick-stemmed wood fern.

Large-scale fern with a stout rhizome. The fronds are pinnate-pinnatifid, dense, glossy, fresh green, in spread wide crowns. The croziers are cloaked with brown scales and their unfurling is stunning.  For a cool soil, acidic or chalky, in medium shade. It is drought tolerant. Evergreen. Height : 80cm. Width : 1m. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Crested buckler fern.

The sterile fronds are pinnate-pinnatifid, evergreen, arranged in open crown. The fertile fronds are erected in the middle, pinnae are upward facing, hence its name of crested fern. It likes marshlands, wet woods, in acidic or slighly acidic soils. Height:36/60cm. Hardiness:-30°C.

Dryopteridaceae.

Shaggy shield fern.

The once-pinnate fronds are lanceolate, narrow, leathery and serrate, matt, dark green, upright in a symmetrical crown. Black scales on the stipe. For shade, in an acidic or alkaline soil. It is drought tolerant. Evergreen. Height : 60/90cm. Hardiness : -25°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

The pinnate narrow blades are a beautiful green that contrasts with the black scales on the rachis. This species enjoys a moist soil in shade. Evergreen. Height : 60cm. Hardiness : -20°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

Broad buckler fern.

Synonym : D. austriaca.

This fern of cool woodlands, forms an elegant upright clump. Its broad triangular fronds are tripinnate. On the stipes, the scales are  slender and bicoloured, a dark centre framed by light brown borders. Looking at the scales , it is the way to distinguish this species from the others Dryopteris (D. carthusiana...) . It has a strong preference for acidic soils, in shade. Semi-evergreen. Height : 60/100cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

It differs from the species by its upward facing, crisped, overlapping, light green pinnae. Easy to grow in an acidic or neutral soil in shade. It is drought tolerant. Evergreen. Height : 40/50cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

Lacy crested broad buckler fern.

A fern to discover ! A lacy filigree of narrowly cut pinnules with tidy crests at apex and tips. The emerald green fronds are lying broadly horizontaly. Plant in medium shade or in shade, in an acidic or neutral soil, well-drained. Evergreen. Height : 40cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Autumn fern.

Glossy, bipinnate, triangular fronds emerge copper in spring, turning bronze then green. The stipe is quite long and upright. The fronds are flexible. Easy to grow in shade, in an acidic or alkaline soil. Evergreen. Height : 60/100cm. Hardiness : -25°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

'Prolifica' is different from the species by its narrowed, finely cut pinnae, dark copper, and then dark green; by the tiny plantlets on the surface of the lamina. It is drought resistant. Plant in an acidic or alkaline soil, well-drained, in shade or medium shade. Evergreen. Height : 40/50cm. Hardiness : -25°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Male fern.

Stout erect rhizome producing a large number of crowns over the years, upright fronds pinnate-pinnatifid. The stipes are trimmed with russet scales. It is easy to grow in any soil in shade or light shade. It is drought resistant when established. Semi-evergreen. Height : 1,20m. Width : 1m. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

The upright fronds are tall and narrow. Pinnae are spaced with undulate pinnules. These features give it a remarkable shape. It is drought tolerant. It grows in any soil, in shade or light shade. Semi-evergreen. Height : 90/120cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Strong fern with stiff, crisped, dense fronds,  forming symmetrical clumps. Easy to grow in any soil, in shade or light shade. It is drought tolerant. Semi-evergreen. Height : 60cm. Width : 70cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

Differs from the species by the presence of small twisted crests all along the frond, and at the apex. Drought tolerant. Semi-evergreen. Height : 60cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Syn. : Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata'

syn. : Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispatissima Cristata'

Crisped variety with curly crests at the tips of the pinnae and at the apex. Easy to grow in any soil, in shade or medium shade. Evergreen. Height and width : 45/60cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

An original and abundant silhouette! This cultivar is characterized by its semi-evergreen fronds, with very reduced pinnae ending in small ridges, and an apex composed of very developed, 3-dimensional ridges. To be grown in all soils, acid or calcareous, in shade or partial shade. Height and width: 80cm. Hardiness:-30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

The fronds are bipinnate, dark green. The pinnules are narrowed and leathery. The fronds and  the pinnae have long fingered crests. It is drought tolerant. Plant in light shade or full sun, according to the region. Evergreen. Height and width : 50/70cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Goldie's wood fern.

One of the tallest and broadest hardy ferns. Arching fronds pinnate-pinnatifid, broad lance-shaped with long stipes. When the fronds are young, they are yellow-green and then more bluish-green. The rhizome is short creeping. For a moist, shady and sheltered spot, protected from the wind. Deciduous. Height : 1,20m. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Sunset fern.

Young fronds emerge salmon coloured, orange, pink, and when mature turn to a bright green. The erect rhizome, stipes and rachises are adorned with dark brown scales. The fronds are lance-shaped and glossy, Thick and evergreen. This beautiful fern grows in a chalky or acidic soil, well-drained in shade or light shade. Height : 60/80cm. Hardiness : -22°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Native to the chalky swamplands of  Louisiana. It is dimorphic. The steriles fronds are arching, glossy, dark green. The fertiles fronds are erect, taller, with reduced pinnae in the upper part. The rhizome is creeping. It needs moisture, chalky or acidic soils in light shade or shade. Semi-evergreen. Height : 60/120cm. Hardiness : -22°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Scaly buckler fern

 It is a fertile hybrid between D. affinis and D. expansa. A remarkable fern with its dense cluster of bright green fronds. It will grow in an average soil in light shade. Height : 90cm.  Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

The erect rhizome bears evergreen fronds, glossy, deep green, lanceolate, once-pinnate. The pinnae are lobate. The stipe is covered with black scales.It likes fresh and drained soil in shade. Height:60cm. Hardiness: -10°C/-12°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

The open blades are leathery, pinnate, matt green and ovate with two to five pairs of pinnae and a long terminal pinnae. These are linear and broad with big round sori on the underside. It is drought and heat tolerant. Plant in an acidic or alkaline soil in shade. Evergreen. Height and width : 40/50cm. Hardiness : -20°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

This species forms a graceful upright clump with bipinnate, broadly triangular pinnae. The rhizome is erect. The stipes are covered with dark brown scales. The young crosiers unfurl early in spring. It likes a cool to moist soil, acidic or alkaline, in shade or light shade. Semi-evergreen. Height : 60/90cm. Hardiness : -20°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

Elegant fern, beautiful vertical shape ! The fronds are erect, pinnate, narrowly lance-shaped, light green, satiny. It likes cool to moist soils, acidic to neutral, in shade or light shade. Evergreen. Height : 60/90cm. Hardiness : -25°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

 The triangular fronds are bipinnate, evergreen, fresh green, in regular clumps, on an upright rhizome. Stipes and croziers are covered with black scales. Sori are under the upper third of the fronds. Croziers are unfurling early, at the end of winter. It is an easy-to-grow and strong species. The leathery fronds persist all winter. This mountain fern enjoys cool or moist soils, acidic or calcareous, in shade. Height and width : 60cm. Hardiness : until -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Evergreen fern with triangular shaped fronds, wide at the base and narrowing to the tip, forming a clump. New fronds in spring have a bronze tint, and turns green as it matures. It likes a cool or moist, humusy soil in light shade. Height and width:60cm. Hardiness : -25°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

This large upright fern is one of the most magnificent garden ferns. The fronds are dark green, yellow green when they are young, on a stout erect rhizome. Rachises and stipes are cloaked with black or dark brown scales, producing beautiful contrasts in spring. Place it in a cool and humusy soil, chalky or alkaline, above all well-drained. Evergreen. Height : 90/150cm. Hardiness : -22°C.