Ferns
* Deer Resistant
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Lib | Height |
Blooms |
Description | Cultural Requirements / Comments | ||
| Maidenhair Fern | Adiantum capillus-veneris | 1" | no-blooms | Delicate pale green foliage on dark wiry stems, semi-evergreen | Part shade, requires additional moisture if exposed, limestone | |||
| Scouring Rush | Equisetum hymenale | 3-4' | no-blooms | Extremely invasive, grow in pots, prefers rich soil, part shade, extra moisture | ||||
| * | Southern sheild fern | Thelypteris kunthii | 2-3' | no-blooms | Typical wood fern or river fern | Prefers low-lying moist soil, mass for wildlife cover, plant singly for accent | ||
| Water Clover | Marsilea macropoda | 6-8" | no-blooms | Full sun, naturally found submerged in ponds, will perform in xeric conditions | ||||
| Wavy Cloakfern | Astrolepis sinuata | 8-12" | no-blooms | Well-drained soil, almost full sun, xeric, sold as Sun Tuff | ||||