The Fern Society of Victoria Inc.

ABN 85 086 216 704
Asplenium
bulbiferum
About Us   |  Establishing A Fernery   |  24 Good Ferns   |  Some Hardy Ferns For The Garden |   Care of Ferns   |   Growing Ferns from Spore  |   Spore List  |   Useful Resources  |   Current Events  |   Membership Form

24 Good Ferns

The folowing ferns are suitable for pot culture or planting in a fernery

12 Hardy Victorian native ferns

BOTANICAL NAMES

  • Adiantum hispidulum
  • Asplenium bulbiferurn
  • Blechnum nudum
  • Cyathea australis
  • Davallia pyxidata
  • Dicksonia antarctica
  • Doodia aspera
  • Microsorum punctatum
  • Hypolepis glandulifera
  • Lastreopsis microsora
  • Polystichum proliferum
  • Pteris tremula

COMMON NAMES

  • Rough Maidenhair
  • Hen and Chicken Fern
  • Fishbone Water Fern
  • Rough Tree Fern
  • Cup Haresfoot
  • Soft Tree Fern
  • Rasp Fern
  • Kangaroo Fern
  • Downy Ground Fern
  • Creeping Shield Fern
  • Mother Shield Fern
  • Tender Brake

12 Hardy exotic ferns

BOTANICAL NAMES

  • Adiantum raddianum
  • Athyrium filix-femina
  • Cheilanthes myriophylla
  • Cyrtomium falcaturn
  • Davallia mariesii
  • Dryopteris erythrosora
  • Dicksonia squarrosa
  • Polystichum setiferum
  • Pteris cretica
  • Pyrrosia lingua
  • Tectaria gemmifera
  • Woodwardia radicans

COMMON NAMES

  • Common Maidenhair (USA)
  • Lady Fern (U.K.)
  • American Lace Fern (USA)
  • Holly Fern (Japan, China)
  • Haresfoot (Japan)
  • Autumn Fern (Japan, China)
  • Wheki (N.Z.)
  • Soft Shield Fern (U.K.)
  • Cretan Brake (Europe)
  • Japanese Felt Fern (Japan)
  • Snail Fern (Africa)
  • Chain Fern (Europe)