Ferns & small foliage
For foliage interest and texture, there are no more beautiful plants. They range from architectural giants to plants of delicacy and charm. There are ferns for boggy places and even ferns that take dry conditions. The unfolding of the fronds is a joy in spring as are the often overlooked, subtle spring tints of some varieties.; Other foliage plants such as Heucheras will delight with their colourful foliage and Hostas with their often large variegated leaves. Hebe as well offer a great deal with flowers as well as lovely foliage.; Top tip: Ferns will need their fronds cut back in spring to make way for new growth.
A-Z ferns
143 plants
Deciduous (non-evergreen) ferns
80 plants
Drought resistant ferns
5 plants
Evergreen ferns
68 plants
Ferns for sunny locations
78 plants
General ferns
71 plants
Hebe - coloured foliage shrub
39 plants
Heuchera - coloured foliage
151 plants
Hosta - lush foliage
153 plants
Tree ferns
3 plants
All plants (477)
Blechnum penna-marina
Alpine water fern, Little hard fern
Blechnum spicant
Hard fern
Cheilanthes lanosa
Hairy lip fern
Cheilanthes tomentosa
Woolly lip fern
Coniogramme emeiensis
Mount Emei bamboo fern
Cyrtomium falcatum
Japanese holly fern, Asian holly fern
Cyrtomium fortunei
Fortune's holly fern, Japanese holly fern
Cyrtomium fortunei var. clivicola
Fortune's holly fern
Cystopteris fragilis
Brittle bladder fern, Brittle fern
Dicksonia antarctica
Australian tree fern, Soft tree fern, Woolly tree fern, Tasmanian tree fern
Dicksonia fibrosa
Soft tree fern, Wheki-ponga, Golden tree fern, Woolly tree fern
Dicksonia squarrosa
Wheki, New Zealand tree fern, Rough tree fern, Harsh tree fern
Doodia aspera 'Rough Ruby'
Common rasp fern
Doodia media
Common rasp fern
Dryopteris affinis
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis 'Crispa Group'
Curled golden-scaled male fern, Wood fern, Buckler fern
Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata Angustata'
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern, King of the male fern, Crested golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata'
King of the male fern, Crested golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis 'Pinderi'
Pinder's golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis 'Polydactyla Dadds'
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis 'Polydactyla Mapplebeck'
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis 'Revolvens'
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris affinis subsp. borreri
Gold shield fern, Scaly male fern, Golden scaled male fern
Dryopteris crassirhizoma
Thick-stemmed wood fern
Dryopteris cycadina
Shaggy wood fern, Black wood fern, Shaggy shield fern
Dryopteris dilatata
Broad buckler fern, Florist's fern, Mountain wood fern, Broad wood fern
Dryopteris dilatata
Broad buckler fern, Florists fern, Mountain wood fern, Broad wood fern
Dryopteris dilatata 'Crispa Whiteside'
Broad buckler fern, Florist's fern, Mountain wood fern, Broad wood fern
Dryopteris erythrosora
Japanese shield fern, Copper shield fern, Autumn fern
Dryopteris erythrosora var. prolifica
Japanese shield fern, Copper shield fern, Lacy Autumn fern
Dryopteris filix-mas
Male fern, Sweet brake shield fern, Knotty brake, Bear's paw
Dryopteris filix-mas
Male fern, Sweet brake shield fern, Knotty brake, Bears paw
Dryopteris filix-mas 'Barnesii'
Male fern, Sweet brake shield fern, Knotty brake, Bear's paw
Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata'
Male fern, Sweet brake shield fern, Knotty brake, Bear's paw
Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Polydactyla'
Male fern, Sweet brake shield fern, Knotty brake, Bear's paw
Dryopteris goldieana
Goldie's shield fern, Goldie's wood fern, Giant wood fern
Dryopteris tokyoensis
Tokyo wood fern
Dryopteris wallichiana
Wallich's wood fern
Dryopteris wallichiana 'Jurassic Gold'
Alpine wood fern
Equisetum hyemale
Rough horsetail, Dutch rush, Scouring rush
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Oak fern, Tender three branched polypody, Pale mountain polypody
Hebe 'Baby Marie'
Hebe 'Burgundy Blush'
Hebe 'Caledonia'
Hebe 'Fairlane'
Hebe 'Hartii'
Hebe 'Karo Golden Esk'