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September 15, 2008

Ferns - Pteridophytes growing in 'My Garden' as of 2008    
     
     
List of genera, species and varieties growing in 'My Garden' Date introduced  
     
Adiantum    
Adiantum aethiopicum 2006 growing behind glass artifact
A. aleuticum 'Imbricatum' 1989  
var. 'Japonicum'    
A. chilense    
A. formosum 2006 several new fronds
A. hispidulum    
A. x mairisii    
A. pedatum 'Mrs Sharples' 2003  
A. venustum 1998 several strong colonies
     
Arachniodes    
Arachniodes miqueliana    
A. simplicior 2005  
A. standishii 2000 large fronds two colonies
     
Araiostegia    
Araiostegia parvipinnata   growing on top of retaining wall in shade
     
Asplenium    
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum 2000 self spored on boundary
A. billotii 2000  
A. flabellifolium    
A. platyneuron    
A. scolopendrium 1989  
vars.    
'Crispum Moly' 2005 good plant
'Laceratum Kaye' 2005  
'Ramomarginatum' 2005  
     
Athyrium    
Athyrium clivicola   Several plants on steps at back
     
     
Athyrium filix-femina 1989 invasive
vars.    
'Frizelliae' 2004  
'Plumosum Axminster'    
subsp. angustata f. 'Lady in Red'    
'Vernoniae' 2004  
'Vernoniae Cristatum' 2005  
A niponicum 'Pictum' 1999  
vars.    
'Ghost'    
A. otophorum    
A. vidalii 2005  
     
Blechnum    
B. fluviatile    
B. penna-marina subsp. penna-marina 1989 huge sheets - can be a nuisance.
subsp. alpina 2006  
subsp. alpina var. 'Cristatum' 2005 growing well
B. spicant 2004  
vars.    
'Rickard's Serrate' 2005 nice plant - spore produced
'Serratum' 2005 rather weak
     
Coniogramme    
C. japonica    
     
Cyathea    
C. dealbata    
C. medullaris    
C. smithii    
     
Cyrtomium    
C. falcatum 2004  
C. macrophyllum 2005  
     
Cystopteris    
C. bulbifera 2005  
C. diaphana    
C. moupinensis 2005 strong colonies
     
Davallia    
D. mariesii 2004 strong colony
     
Deparia    
D. conilii    
D. japonica    
D. petersenii    
     
Dicksonia    
D. antartica 2000 spore produced now with trunk
D. fibrosa    
D. squarrosa    
     
Doodia    
D. aspera    
D. media    
     
Dryopteris    
D. aemula 1999  
D. affinis 1989 can be invasive
vars.    
'Pinderi' 2004  
'Polydactyla Mapplebeck' 2005  
x complexa 'Stableri' 2005  
D. x australis 2006  
D. bissetiana 2005  
D. celsa 2005  
D. champonii 2005  
D. chrysocoma 2006  
D. clintoniana 2006  
D. crassirhizoma 2005  
D. cristata 2003  
D. cycadina 1996 strong plants
D. dilatata 1989 can be invasive
vars.    
'Crispa Whiteside' 1999  
'Grandiceps' 2005  
D. erythrosora 1999  
var. prolifica 1999  
D. filix-mas 1989 can be invasive
D. formosana    
D. goldiana 1989  
D. intermedia 2005  
D. lacera 2004  
D.lepidopoda 2005  
D.ludoviciana 2005  
D. marginalis 2006  
D. neorosthornii 2006 incorrectly named.
D. x remota 2006  
D. sieboldii 2005  
D. stewartii 2005  
D. tokyoensis 2003  
D. wallichiana 1999  
     
Gymnocarpium    
G. dryopteris 1989 invasive
var. plumosum 2003  
G. fedtchenkoanum 2006 One good patch
G. intermedia 2006  
G. oyamense 2005 2 good colonies
     
Histiopteris    
H. incisa    
     
Hypolepis    
H. millifolium 2005  
     
Lastreopsis    
L. hispida 2005  
     
Lophosoria    
L. quadripinnata    
     
Lygodium    
L. japonicum 2005 growing strongly behind the glass artifact on the side.
     
Matteuccia    
M. orientalis 2002 2 large plants
M. struthiopteris 1989 invasive
     
Microsorium    
M. diversifolium 2004  
     
Onoclea    
O. sensibilis 1989  
     
Onychium    
O. japonicum 2005 Rather slow but fronds large
     
Oreopteris    
O. limbosperma   growing well by spring line
     
Osmunda 1989  
O. cinnamonea 2005  
O. claytoniana 2005  
O. japonica 2005 Doing well, looks good as fronds unfurl
O. regalis 1989  
var. Cristata 1999  
var. Purpurascens 1999  
     
Paesia    
P. scaberula 2004 Growing vigorously, sevearal patches
     
Pellaea    
P. rotundifolia 2004 Weak grower
     
Phegopteris    
P. connectilis 2004 One good patch
P. decursive-pinnata 1999  
     
Pneumatopteris    
P. pennigera    
     
Polypodium    
P. calirhiza 'Sarah Lyman'    
cambricum   wild form from Criccieth Castle
vars.    
'Barrowii'    
'Carew Lane'    
'Cambricum'    
'Conwy'    
'Cristatum'    
'Grandiceps Fox'    
'Hornet'    
'Macrostachyon'    
'Oakleyae'    
'Omnilacerum Oxford'    
'Prestonii'    
'Pulcherrimum Addison'    
'Pulchritudine'    
'Richard Kayse'    
'Semilacerum Falcatum O'Kelly'   Strongly growing patch
'Whilharris'    
P. californicum   Weak grower
P. glycyrrhiza    
vars.    
'Longicaudatum'    
'Malahatense'    
'Malahatense' fertile form    
     
P. interjectum    
var. 'Glomeratum Mullins'    
x mantoniae    
vars.    
'Bifido-cristatum'    
'Cornubiense'    
P. scouleri   Two patches - slow growing
P. vulgare    
vars.    
'Bifido-cristatum'    
'Congestum Cristatum'    
'Parsley'    
'Trichomanes Backhouse'   Nice healthy patch.
     
Polystichum    
P. acrostichoides    
P. aculeatum   Wild type doing well.
var. Portia   variety from Fibrex.
P. andersonii    
P. braunii   Strong growing specimens.
P. chilense   This clone does not have the bright red fronds some have.
P. deltodon   Young plants.
P. dracomontanum   Young plants.
P. x dycei   Several strong plants with a number of propagated plants around the garden
P. hancockii    
P. imbricans    
P. lepidocaulon   Amazing that this has survived - 12°C during early 2008!
P. makinoi   One very strong plant.
P. munitum   Several large clumps around the garden.
P. neolobatum   Bleddyn's clone and the version normally in commerce - not the same.
P. parvipinulum    
P. polyblepharum    
P. proliferum   Several plants scattered through the garden growing strongly with good bulbil production.
P. richardii   Amazing how well this is growing having survived unscathed a bad frost in early 2008 with temperatures down to -12°C.
P. retropaleaceum    
P. rigens    
P. setiferum   Wild type normally removed from garden.
vars.    
'Acutilobum'    
'Cristatopinnulum'    
'Caernarvon'    
'Divisilobum Iveryanum'    
'Divisilobum Laxum'    
'Dwyfawr'    
'Dwyfach'    
'Foliosum Group'    
'Hamlet'    
'Helena'    
'Hirondelle'    
'Othelo'    
' Plumosodivisilobum Baldwinii'    
'Plumosodivisilobum Bland'    
'Plumosum Grande'    
'Pulcherrimum Bevis'    
'Smith's Cruciate'    
'Wakeleyanum'    
     
P. tsussimense    
P. vestitum    
P. xiphophyllum    
P. yunnanense    
     
Thelypteris    
T. erubescens    
T. japonica    
T. kunthii    
T. palustris    
     
Todea    
T. barbara    
     
Woodwardia    
W. fimbriata    
W. orientalis    
var. formosana    
W. radicans    
W. unigemmata    
var. 'Mount Omei'    
     
"The bright colours of flowers are admired by the least intellectual but the beauty of form and texture of ferns requires a higher degree of mental perception and a more cultivated intellect for its proper appreciation. Hence we regard the growing taste for the cultivation of ferns as proof of mental advancement." - Abraham Stansfield, 1858.