FERNS
Asplenium trichomanes Zones 6-9 #601-017
This terrestrial Korean fern likes to grow among rocks. It has evergreen, finely cut, once-divided fronds.
Blechnum nipponicum Zones 6-9 #601-072
Why this Japanese fern is not in every garden is a mystery. It is hardy, fully evergreen, and has the unique bonus of orange-red new fronds in spring. Forms 10" clumps. Typical fern conditions.
Colysis elliptica f. crispa-variegata Zones 8-10 #603-002
Evergreen southern Japanese fern with finger-like lobes on the leaves, elaborately frilled and white-variegated at the tips.
Colysis wrightii f. lanciniata Zones 9-10 #601-041
This is a southern evergreen Japanese epiphyte, this form with leaves that are wildly frilled at the tips.
Davallia tyermanii 'Sekka' Zones 8-10 #603-014
A new Japanese version of the "rabbit's foot" fern with a "foot" that looks with a fuzzy cockscomb. This is very slow to grow and propagate, but not otherside challenging; it like to be a little dry in the winter, and grows well on on a rock or piece of wood, or in a very well-drained medium such as orchid bark or sphagnum moss.
Diplazium tomitaroanum Zones 8-9 #601-062
Southern Japanese terrestrial evergreen fern with dentate edge.
Lunathyrium lobatocrenatum Zones 8-10 #601-025
A very rare Japanese native fern also called Athyrium grammitoides var. simplicifolium, from Shikoku and Kyushu. This form has a long lobed frond of medium to dark green with distinctive lobes on the edges of the fronds. The leaves can reach 10" long. Terrestrial.
Microsorum brachylepis f. crispa Zones 9-10 #603-010
Southern Japanese epiphyte with flat, papery, bright green fronds that are divided like antlers.
Microlepia strigosa 'Shishi' Zones 8-10 #603-001
The Japanese species Microlepia strigosa is a fairly unremarkable terrestrial fern that looks much like a hundred other species with pinnately compound fronds. This Japanese selection is much more remarkable, for its wildly crested and frilled fronds, no two alike. The name means "lion".
Polystichum tripteron Zones 6-9 #601-049
Hardy Japanese terrestrial fern, vase-shaped, with distinctive 4-ranked fronds, to 2'.
Pyrrosia davidii 'Yoshikawa Shishi' Zones 8-10 #603-029
This rock-dwelling fern from China normally has long, undivided fronds. This Japanese selection has fronds about 6" long that are wildly divided, like a reindeer's antlers. Very rare and beautiful. Grow in orchid bark, well drained compost, or on a slab of bark. Reduce watering in winter.
Pyrrosia linearifolia 'Urakoryu Jishi' Zones 8-10 #606-002
This is a common epiphytic/lithophytic species in NE Asia, normally with elongated undivided fronds.. This Japanese selection has thick leathery fronds to about 3" long, with a matte green surface. The tips of the fronds are broadly crested. Makes a delightful and highly oramental specimen. Reduce water in winter.
