Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Sunset fern.

Young fronds emerge salmon coloured, orange, pink, and when mature turn to a bright green. The erect rhizome, stipes and rachises are adorned with dark brown scales. The fronds are lance-shaped and glossy, Thick and evergreen. This beautiful fern grows in a chalky or acidic soil, well-drained in shade or light shade. Height : 60/80cm. Hardiness : -22°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Native to the chalky swamplands of  Louisiana. It is dimorphic. The steriles fronds are arching, glossy, dark green. The fertiles fronds are erect, taller, with reduced pinnae in the upper part. The rhizome is creeping. It needs moisture, chalky or acidic soils in light shade or shade. Semi-evergreen. Height : 60/120cm. Hardiness : -22°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

Scaly buckler fern

 It is a fertile hybrid between D. affinis and D. expansa. A remarkable fern with its dense cluster of bright green fronds. It will grow in an average soil in light shade. Height : 90cm.  Hardiness : -30°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

The erect rhizome bears evergreen fronds, glossy, deep green, lanceolate, once-pinnate. The pinnae are lobate. The stipe is covered with black scales.It likes fresh and drained soil in shade. Height:60cm. Hardiness: -10°C/-12°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

The open blades are leathery, pinnate, matt green and ovate with two to five pairs of pinnae and a long terminal pinnae. These are linear and broad with big round sori on the underside. It is drought and heat tolerant. Plant in an acidic or alkaline soil in shade. Evergreen. Height and width : 40/50cm. Hardiness : -20°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

This species forms a graceful upright clump with bipinnate, broadly triangular pinnae. The rhizome is erect. The stipes are covered with dark brown scales. The young crosiers unfurl early in spring. It likes a cool to moist soil, acidic or alkaline, in shade or light shade. Semi-evergreen. Height : 60/90cm. Hardiness : -20°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae

Elegant fern, beautiful vertical shape ! The fronds are erect, pinnate, narrowly lance-shaped, light green, satiny. It likes cool to moist soils, acidic to neutral, in shade or light shade. Evergreen. Height : 60/90cm. Hardiness : -25°C.

Family : Dryopteridaceae.

 The triangular fronds are bipinnate, evergreen, fresh green, in regular clumps, on an upright rhizome. Stipes and croziers are covered with black scales. Sori are under the upper third of the fronds. Croziers are unfurling early, at the end of winter. It is an easy-to-grow and strong species. The leathery fronds persist all winter. This mountain fern enjoys cool or moist soils, acidic or calcareous, in shade. Height and width : 60cm. Hardiness : until -30°C.