Plant catalogue
Ground Ferns
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Matteuccia struthiopteris — Ostrich Fern / Shuttlecock Fern
Deciduous cold hardy fern with upright shuttlecock fronds – likes boggy areas.View plant -
Microsorum pustulatum — Hound’s Tongue / Phymatosorus diversifolius
Very common NZ forest fern with leathery glossy green fronds – good ground cover.View plant -
Boston Fern
Very popular indoor pot plant with salad-green fronds to 1 m in a hanging basket.View plant -
Pellaea falcata — Sickle Fern
NZ native sickle fern with upright dark green fronds – suits indoors or outdoors.View plant -
Pellaea rotundifolia — Button Fern / Tarawera
Very popular NZ native button fern – suits indoors or outdoors.View plant -
Asplenium bulbiferum (pikopiko variety) — Pikopiko
NZ native edible pikopiko fern – young fronds harvested as a culinary delicacy.View plant -
Platycerium bifurcatum — Staghorn
Epiphytic staghorn fern – grows on ponga or trees very drought hardy.View plant -
Pneumatopteris pennigera — Gully Fern / Pakau
Tufted NZ native gully fern – fronds to 175 cm on a mature plant.View plant -
Polystichum braunii
Dark green fern with erect scaly rhizomes – looks best when forming a full clump.View plant -
Polystichum proliferum — Mother Shield Fern
Rapid growing cold hardy fern forming colonies from tip plantlets.View plant -
Polystichum rigens
Small fern with rigid glossy leathery fronds and a slight musky scent.View plant -
Polystichum setiferum — Soft Shield Fern
Cold hardy fern tolerating wide range of conditions – produces tip plantlets.View plant -
Polystichum vestitum — Prickly Shield Fern / Puniu
Very cold hardy NZ native fern with dark green almost-prickly fronds to 1.5 m.View plant -
Pteris cretica / Pteris cretica variegata — Pteris
Two varieties – standard green and striking white-striped variegata.View plant -
Ptisana salicina (formerly Marattia salicina) — King Fern / Para
The majestic King Fern – fronds to 4 m needs shade and constant moisture.View plant -
Rumohra adiantiformis — Leathery Shield Fern
One of few ferns used as cut foliage – plastic-like fronds slow grower.View plant