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 Elephant Ear Collection Price: 37.92 Nature
Hills Nursery, Inc.
The Elephant Ear Collection, 'Mixed', is a must for tropical
style gardens. These big Elephant Ears are easy to grow and
surprisingly sun tolerant. Plant them in moist, or even wet, soil
with plenty of nitrogen fertilizer to promote big leaves. This
collection includes one of each of the most popular Elephant Ears on
the market: 'Black Magic' and the enormous Upright Elephant Ear.
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 Eryngium - Amazing Jackpot Price:
14.95 Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.
The Sea Holly Eryngium Amazing Jackpot, 'Eryngium Amazing Jackpot
PPAF', is a Sea Holly that has bluish flowers with steel-blue bracts
which are tightly clustered together. Use this plant in full sun
with good drainage. Eryngium tolerates sandy soil and salt air,
making it perfect for seaside gardens. It is hardy zones 4-8.
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 Eryngium - Paradise Jackpot Price:
14.95 Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.
The Sea Holly Eryngium Paradise Jackpot, 'Eryngium Paradise
Jackpot PPAF', is a spectacular Sea Holly that produces masses of
steel-blue bracts and flowers on strong stems that are perfect for
fresh flower arrangements. If you enjoy dried flower arrangements
too, then this perennial is a must for your sunny dry garden. Few
flowers hold their color as well as this metallic blue beauty. It is
hardy zones 5-8.
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 Fern - Christmas Price: 6.90 Nature Hills
Nursery, Inc.
The Christmas Fern, 'Polystichum acrostichoides', occurs in both
dry and moist wooded slopes, moist banks and ravines. It typically
grows in a fountain-like clump to 2' tall and features leathery,
lance-shaped, evergreen (green at Christmas time as the common name
suggests) fronds. Stocking shape of the pinnae also suggests
Christmas.Crosiers (young fiddleheads) in spring are silvery and
scaled. Sori appear on the undersides of the pinnae only at the ends
(last 1/3) of the fronds. Christmas ferns are asymmetrical with a
fine texture and has a moderately dense crown. The evergreen fronds
provide good winter interest for the landscape. This fern does not
spread but the clumps increase in size over time. These plants serve
as hosts for butterfly larvae.
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 Fern - Cinnammon Price: 6.90 Nature Hills
Nursery, Inc.
The Cinnamon Fern, Osmunda cinnamonea, occurs in moist, boggy
ground along streams and on shaded ledges and grows in clumps to
2'-3' tall, but with constant moisture can reach 5' in height. When
new fronds appear, they have a cinnamon color. The yellowish-green
sterile fronds remain attractive throughout the summer and turn
yellow in autumn.The common name of Cinnamon ferns is in reference
to the cinnamon colored fibers found near the fronds base. Osumunda
fiber used in the potting of orchids comes from the roots of these
ferns. Plant them in a loamy woodland soil in some shade to mimic
the natural environment. This fern is used in container plantings,
rock gardens, borders, specimen plants and as ground cover. Cinnamon
ferns do not have flowers or blooms. This plant tolerates flooding
and will grow in wet submerged soils.
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 Fern - Hardy Collection Price: 57.38 Nature
Hills Nursery, Inc.
The Hardy Fern Collection contains 10 ROOTS, 1 each of 'Christmas
Fern', 'Cinnamon Fern', 'Hay-Scented Fern', 'Lady Fern',
'Leatherwood Fern', 'Maiden Hair Fern', 'Ostrich Fern', 'Royal
Fern', 'Sensitive Fern' and 'Toothed Wood Fern'. Ferns remain
attractive from spring to fall when planted in humus-rich, loose,
well-drained soil that is kept moist at all times. Give them a cool,
shady site and these ferns will add a delicate touch to the shade
garden. Whether used in borders or as a background, ferns enhance
any garden with their gracefulness and their beautiful varying
shades of green. Easy to grow almost anyplace...thrive even when
other plants fail.
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 Fern - Hay-Scented Price: 6.90 Nature Hills
Nursery, Inc.
The Hay-Scented Fern, 'Dennstaedtina punctilobulba', is a
delightfully scented fern that smells like fresh hay when the bright
green fronds are crushed or broken, making it an ideal fern for
pathways. Thrives in moist, slightly acid soil and reaches a height
of 2-3'. Whether used in borders or as a background, ferns enhance
any garden with their gracefulness and their beautiful varying
shades of green. It is low maintenance, aggressive spreader under
ideal conditions Easy to grow almost anyplace...thrive even when
other plants fail. Hay-Scented Fern often grows in large colonies,
forming a carpet.
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 Fern - Lady Price: 6.90 Nature Hills Nursery,
Inc.
The Lady Fern, 'Athyrium filixfemina', is a lovely bright yellow
green fern with wide, deep cut or laciniate leaves. A real favorite
that reaches a height of 2-3'. Plants spread slowly to form dense
clumps. Under the right conditions Lady Ferns will continue to send
up new fronds into the summer. These ferns are one of the easiest
ferns to grow. They prefer to be grown in part to full shade in
average to rich, moist but well-drained soil that is neutral to
slightly acid. Whether used in borders or as a background, ferns
enhance any garden with their gracefulness and their beautiful
varying shades of green. Plants can be divided and transplanted in
spring and early summer, planting the crown at the surface. They
thrive even when other plants fail.
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 Fern - Leatherwood Price: 6.90 Nature Hills
Nursery, Inc.
The Leatherwood Fern or Marginal Shield Fern is an evergreen fern
which typically forms a non-spreading, vase-shaped clump to 1.5-2'
(infrequently to 3') tall. This is a woodland fern which is most
often found in shaded crevices of rocky ledges and bluffs.
Leatherwood Ferns features grayish-green, deeply cut, leathery
fronds (15-20" long). These ferns prefer loamy moist soils, and do
best in cool position in the garden, so avoid the afternoon sun. The
evergreen fronds are very attractive and provide good interest to
the winter landscape.
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 Fern - Maiden Hair Price: 6.90 Nature Hills
Nursery, Inc.
The American Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum pedatum, is a deciduous,
clump-forming fern which typically grows 1.5 to 2' tall and is most
frequently found on rich wooded slopes, ravine bottoms and damp
shady woods. American Maidenhair Ferns prefer moist, shady
conditions, but will grow in sunnier spots if kept moist. Wiry stems
are reddish-brown to black. Crosiers (coiled young fiddleheads)
emerge pink in spring. The attractive foliage is showcased in
container plantings, foundation plantings, and ground covers.
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 Fern - Ostrich Price: 6.90 Nature Hills
Nursery, Inc.
The Ostrich Fern, 'Matteuccia struthiopteris', is tall with
lovely feather-like fronds and delightful yellow-green leaves with a
graceful arch. It grows from a completely vertical crown, and it
sends out lateral stolons to form new crowns. It can form dense
colonies resistant to destruction by floodwaters. It likes moist
thickets, especially along streams and rivers. Its growth pattern is
a symmetric clump and is a popular ornamental plant in gardens.
Whether used in borders or as a background, ferns enhance any garden
with their gracefulness and their beautiful varying shades of green.
Easy to grow almost anyplace...thrive even when other plants fail.
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 Fern - Royal Price: 6.90 Nature Hills
Nursery, Inc.
The Royal Fern, Osmunda regalis, is a tall, deciduous fern which
usually occurs on moist bluffs and ledges and along streams
(sometimes growing in the water). Royal Ferns typically grows in
clumps to 2-3' tall, but with constant moisture can reach 6' in
height. The broad fronds have large, well-separated pinnae
(leaflets) which give this fern an almost pea-family appearance.
Fronds typically turn yellow to brown in autumn.The Royal Fern is
also known as the Flowering Fern and is deciduous. Spores are
located in brown, tassel-like, fertile clusters at the tips of the
fronds, thus giving rise to the additional common name of flowering
fern for this plant. The Royal Fern is an excellent selection for
wet areas along ponds, streams, water gardens or in bogs. It also
grows well in shaded borders, woodland gardens, wild gardens or
native plant gardens.
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 Fern - Sensitive Price: 6.90 Nature Hills
Nursery, Inc.
The Sensitive Fern, Onoclea sensibilis, likes moist location in
shade or sunlight. Lovely and unusual it reaches a height of 1 to
1-1/2'. This perennial fern consists of a few loose leaves that
develop directly from the rootstock. Sensitive fern gets its name
from the tendency of the fronds to wither at the first slight frost.
It prefers wet meadows and woods, swamps, streambanks; usually in
slightly acidic soil. Whether used in borders or as a background,
ferns enhance any garden with their gracefulness and their beautiful
varying shades of green. Easy to grow almost anyplace...thrive even
when other plants fail.
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 Fern - Toothwood Price: 6.90 Nature Hills
Nursery, Inc.
The Toothwood Fern, Dryopteris spinulosais, is a delightful lacy
plant. The Toothwood Fern, also known as the Narrow Buckler Fern,
has true fern foliage that is a rich, deep green color. The long
triangular fronds, made of hundreds of tiny leaflets, spray up and
out in whorls. This deciduous perennial plant is semi-evergreen.
Whether it is used as a border or a background, it will enhance any
garden with its gracefulness. This fern is easy to grow almost
anywhere and thrives even when other plants fail.
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 Firecracker Flower Price: 11.50 Nature Hills
Nursery, Inc.
The Firecracker Flower, 'Dichelostemma', produces dazzling
crimson tube-like flowers with light green tips. Firecracker plants
are salt water tolerant and easy to grow.
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