Welcome to NZ Fernz 2012 catalogue

WHOLESALE QUALITY NATIVE & EXOTIC FERN SPECIALISTS
Welcome to NZ Fernz 2012 catalogue
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Fern species
Adiantum aethiopicum
Fern species
Adiantum cunninghamii
True maidenhair
Common maidenhair
• Wintergreen
Shady and damp situations
NZ Native
• Low growing outdoor maidenhair
long creeping rhizomes
• Must be kept moist
Erect shiny stipes (stalks)
• Grows 15-20cm
• Grows to 30cm
• Stands heavy frosts
NZ Native
• Protect from frosts
CODE: ADAE
CODE: ADCU
Adiantum hispidulum
Asplenium bulbiferum
Rosy maidenhair
Hen and chicken fern
• Attractive pink new growth
• Good for dry shade
NZ Native
NZ Native
• Dry tolerant
• Ideal specimen or mass planted
• Commonly used as indoor plant
• Use outdoors or as a houseplant
• Grows to 30cm
• Grows 50-70cm
• Cold hardy, evergreen
• Protect from frosts
CODE: ASBU
CODE: ADHI
Asplenium lyallii
Asplenium bulb. X lamprophyllum
• Crossed with bulbiferum
Lyall's spleenwort
• For dry shade
to make it hardier
NZ Native
• Creeping rhizomes
• Compact growing
• Lighter green fronds
• Grows 15-20cm
• Requires mulched shady position
• Cold hardy, evergreen
NZ Native
• Grows 20-50cm
CODE: ASLA
CODE: ASLY
Asplenium bulbiferum X oblongifolium
Asplenium obtusatum
'Maori Princess'
Shore spleenwort
• Glossy leaves
• Stands coastal conditions
NZ Native
• Likes filtered light
• Compact growing
• Grows 70-90cm
• Grows 10-40cm
• Cold hardy, evergreen
• Cold hardy, evergreen
CODE: ASOT
CODE: ASMP
Athyrium 'Silver Falls'
Asplenium oblongifolium
Japanese painted fern
Shining spleenwort
• Likes dry shady position
Prized delicate coloured fronds
NZ Native
• Coastal tolerant
No Photo
available yet
• Grows 40-60cm
• Cold hardy, evergreen
CODE: ATSF
Athyrium 'Ursulas Red'
Grows to attractive clump
• Frost Hardy,deciduous
Blechnum discolor
Japanese painted fern
CODE: ATUR
Rich colours
• Grows 30-50cm
CODE: ASOB
No Photo
available yet
NZ Native
Crown fern,Piupiu
Prized delicate coloured fronds
• Common, popular native fern
Rich colours
• Eventually forms a trunk
NZ Native
Grows to attractive clump
• Tolerates wide range of conditions
• Grows 30-50cm
• Grows 50-100cm
• Frost Hardy deciduous
CODE: BDI
• Cold hardy, evergreen
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Fern species
Blechnum fluviatile
PAGE TWO
Fern species
Blechnum penna-marina
Alpine hard fern
Kiwakiwa,Water fern
NZ Native
NZ Native
CODE: BFL
• Likes damp spot (not wet)
• Low growing ground cover
• Starfish-like
• Grows anywhere except deep shade
• Flat-growing to 40cm
• Grows 15-20cm
• Cold hardy, evergreen
CODE: BDI
• Frost hardy, evergreen
Davallia feejensis
Blechnum procerum
Small kio kio
Rabbits foot fern
NZ Native
CODE: BPR
• Slow creeping,clumping fern
• Grows bushy to 30cm
• Attractive new growth
• Ideal hanging plant indoors
• Easy to grow,good filler
• Attractive feet
• 20-40cm
CODE: DAFE
Doodia australis (Doodia media)
Davallia tasmanii
3 Kings Fern
Common rasp fern
Slow growing
CODE: DATA
• Will stand full sun
NZ Native
• short creeping Epiphyte
• Grows on dry clay banks
• Prefers drier conditions
• Colonising fern
• Avoid severe frost areas
• Grows 20-35cm
• Grows up to 40cm
NZ Native
• Hardy evergreen
CODE: DOA
Doodia squarrosa
Dryopteris erythrosoras
Autumn fern,Japanese buckler
• Good amongst rocks
• Orange / red new growth
NZ Native
• Prefers shady spot
• Tolerates wide range of conditions
• Like all doodias avoid frosty sites
• Grows 30-50cm
• Grows 15-30cm
• Frost hardy, evergreen
• Half hardy, evergreen
CODE: DOS
CODE: DRER
Lastreopsis hispida
Dryopteris remota
Hairy Fern
• Lush new growth in spring
• Lush new growth
• Deciduous in colder climates
fronds grow 20-40cm
• Grows approx 50cm
Creeping rhizomes
• Frost hardy
Stands heavy damp shade
CODE: DRRE
NZ Native
CODE: LHI
Mattuccia struthopteris
Microsorum pustulatum
Hounds tongue
Ostrich fern
• Deciduous
• Tough low growing fern
• Attractive flush of new fronds
• Attractive ground cover or climbing
• Underground rhizomes
• Grows 10-25cm
• Grows to 1m
• Tolerates dry conditions
CODE: MAST
NZ Native
CODE: MPU
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Descriptions and pictures are intended as a guide - if you require more information please contact us.
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Fern species
PAGE THREE
Fern species
Pellea falcata
Polystichum braunii
Braun's holly fern
Sickle fern
• Grows 30 to 40cm
• Popular hardy fern
• Stout creeping rhizome
• Likes shade
• Enjoys a sunny position
• Grows 50-60cm
• Good drainage
• Frost hardy
CODE: POBR
CODE: PEFA
Polystichum draccomontanum
Polystichum richardii
Pikopiko
• South African mountain fern
• likes cool open or shade
• Hardy fern prefers shade
• Dry tolerant
• Frost hardy
• Grows 35-45cm
• Cold hardy
Grows 50/60cm high
CODE: PODR
CODE: PORI
Polystichum rigens
Polystichum setiferum
Riggers Shield Fern
Soft Shield Fern
• Compact Growing
`• Plantlets grow along centre of leaf
• Dry tolerant
• Tolerates wide range of conditions
• Grows 30-40cm
• Easy reliable fern
• Frost hardy
• Grows flat,up to 50cm across
CODE: POSE
CODE: PORG
• Frost hardy, evergreen
Rumohra adiantiformus
Polystichum vestitum
Prickly shield fern
South African Leather fern
NZ Native
• Popular mountain fern
• Great florist foliage
• Easy to grow
• Glossy foliage good tub plant
• Grows up to 1m
• Fronds to 40cm
• Frost hardy, evergreen
CODE: POVE
CODE: RUM
Descriptions and pictures are intended as a guide - if you require more information please contact us.
• 1.8 metre lengths
• 2 metre lengths
CODE:1.8MPL
CODE: 2MPL
• Other lengths to order
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Fern species
Cyathea dealbata
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Fern species
Cyathea medullaris
NZ silver fern
Black tree fern, Mamaku
• Compact, slow grower
• Long arching fronds, black trunk
• Silver underside of leaf
• Avoid severe frost areas
• Likes drier position
• Frost tender when young
• Cold hardy
• Takes full sun if cool roots
• Grows 3 x 2m
• Grows 5 x 3m
CODE: CDE
CODE: CME
Cyathea smithii
Dicksonia antarctica
Soft tree fern
Tasmanian tree fern,Soft tree fern
• Compact grower
• Very similar to D. fibrosa, faster growing
• Can tolerate v. low light
• Tolerates sun if roots cool & moist
• Protect from winds
• Tolerant of drier sites
• Grows 3 x 2m
• Frost hardy, grows 3 x 2m
CODE: CSM
CODE: DIA
Dicksonia fibrosa
Dicksonia Squarrosa
Wheki-ponga
Wheki-rough tree fern
• Slow growing
• Common tree fern
• Easily grown in most soils
• Versatile and easy to grow
• Can tolerate exposed positions
• Tolerates sun if roots in cool shady area
• Nice tidy habit, grows 3 x 2m
• Frost hardy
CODE: DFI
CODE: DIQ
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PH: 03 789 8150 FAX: 03 789 6465 EMAIL: [email protected] WEB: www.fernznewzealand.co.nz