Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Crested buckler fern.

The sterile fronds are pinnate-pinnatifid, evergreen, arranged in open crown. The fertile fronds are erected in the middle, pinnae are upward facing, hence its name of crested fern. It likes marshlands, wet woods, in acidic or slighly acidic soils. Height:36/60cm. Hardiness:-30°C.

Dryopteridaceae.

Shaggy shield fern.

The once-pinnate fronds are lanceolate, narrow, leathery and serrate, matt, dark green, upright in a symmetrical crown. Black scales on the stipe. For shade, in an acidic or alkaline soil. It is drought tolerant. Evergreen. Height : 60/90cm. Hardiness : -25°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

The pinnate narrow blades are a beautiful green that contrasts with the black scales on the rachis. This species enjoys a moist soil in shade. Evergreen. Height : 60cm. Hardiness : -20°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

Broad buckler fern.

Synonym : D. austriaca.

This fern of cool woodlands, forms an elegant upright clump. Its broad triangular fronds are tripinnate. On the stipes, the scales are  slender and bicoloured, a dark centre framed by light brown borders. Looking at the scales , it is the way to distinguish this species from the others Dryopteris (D. carthusiana...) . It has a strong preference for acidic soils, in shade. Semi-evergreen. Height : 60/100cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

It differs from the species by its upward facing, crisped, overlapping, light green pinnae. Easy to grow in an acidic or neutral soil in shade. It is drought tolerant. Evergreen. Height : 40/50cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

Lacy crested broad buckler fern.

A fern to discover ! A lacy filigree of narrowly cut pinnules with tidy crests at apex and tips. The emerald green fronds are lying broadly horizontaly. Plant in medium shade or in shade, in an acidic or neutral soil, well-drained. Evergreen. Height : 40cm. Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Autumn fern.

Glossy, bipinnate, triangular fronds emerge copper in spring, turning bronze then green. The stipe is quite long and upright. The fronds are flexible. Easy to grow in shade, in an acidic or alkaline soil. Evergreen. Height : 60/100cm. Hardiness : -25°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

'Prolifica' is different from the species by its narrowed, finely cut pinnae, dark copper, and then dark green; by the tiny plantlets on the surface of the lamina. It is drought resistant. Plant in an acidic or alkaline soil, well-drained, in shade or medium shade. Evergreen. Height : 40/50cm. Hardiness : -25°C.