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Nothing quite gives a landscape a lush, almost exotic feel like ferns. With ferns, it's all about foliage; they have no flowers. Ferns work well
in planting combinations because their leaf texture is unique, serving as a foil for the texture of other plants.
To the novice gardener, one fern can look pretty much like another – lacy and green. Experienced gardeners, however, see the subtle
differences and are intrigued by the variation. Ferns may be coarse or delicate, succulent or filmy, crown forming or creeping, shade-loving or
sun tolerant, small and moss-sized or upright and climbing. Some ferns are evergreen and some are deciduous, but every spring each sends
out a fresh batch of fiddleheads (named for their likeness to the curved scrolls at the tops of violin necks) which unfurl from a tight coil of delicate
foliage. And many varieties continue to pop with fall color that ranges from silvery to burgundy and copper.
The Nursery at Reds features the following varieties of ferns:
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Athyrium Burgundy Lace Dryopteris Brilliance Autumn Matteuccia Ostrich Osmunda Cinnamon |
Polystichum Christmas
Growing Ferns |