Hardy Fern Collection

Hardy Fern Collection

Bring Home the Spirit of the Forest

Imagine walking through the cool mists of an ancient forest. Everywhere you turn, beautiful fern fronds glitter with dew drops. You can just feel the peace and stillness flowing into your soul.

Breck's® Hardy Fern Collection includes a pleasing mix of hues, sizes and forms that will bring cool and airy elegance to any shady location spring through fall. Versatile and hardy, these premium ferns are essential elements for your garden design.

Ferns add a lush, inviting element to your existing shade garden. Plant them with bleeding hearts, astilbes, helleborus and hostas to create drama and add a pop of colour to shady areas!

Just Perfect for...
  • Shady borders.
  • Along foundations or walls.
  • Beside streams and ponds.
  • Marshy, hard-to-grow areas.

Includes 1 each of Tennessee Ostrich Fern, Christmas Fern, Maidenhair Fern, Lady Fern and Cinnamon Fern

  • Tennessee Ostrich Fern: A classic fern loved by the Victorians. Graceful fronds reach 24-36" long and 18" wide. A popular choice for shady areas near foundations and walls. Fine greenery.Anthyrium pynocarpon

  • Christmas Fern: Graceful, voluminous evergreen ferns, used by settlers for Christmas decorations, are superb in borders and foundation plantings. Grows 24-36" tall and wide.Polystichum acrostichoides

  • Maidenhair Fern: Ethereal and delicate, this fern earns its namesake with feathery, circular fronds growing outward in flat fans. Grows 12-24".Adiantum pedatum

  • Lady Fern: Versatile and carefree, lacy fronds up to 30" tall and 12-24" wide create a lush, fluffy form. Superb for cut-flower arrangements.Athyrium filix-femina

  • Cinnamon Fern: A big, bold fern that forms a large, lacy, circular mound 2-5' tall. In the centre of the bright green fronds are clusters of tall stems covered in a creamy down of spores. Very dark green when they first emerge, these stems gradually mature to a rich cinnamon brown. Osmunda cinnamomea

Cold hardy, these ferns return bigger and fuller every spring. Divide them and replant for more beauty throughout your garden!
  • Light

    Partial Shade, Full Shade
  • Size

    #1 plant
  • Zone

    3-9
  • Bloom Time

    Mid spring to late fall
  • Height

    12 - 36 inches
  • Soil Requirement

    Prefers moist conditions, but also grows well in average garden soil as long as it is not allowed to dry out during spring and summer.
  • Deer Resistant

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  • Botanical NameCollection of various Ferns
  • FormPerennial
  • Hardiness Zone3-9
  • Flowering TimeMid spring to late fall
  • Light RequirementsPartial Shade, Full Shade
  • Flower ColorNot applicable
  • Flower FormNo flowers
  • Foliage TypeSerrated foliage, typical fern-like leaves
  • Growth RateMedium to fast
  • Height/Habit12 - 36 inches
  • Spacing12 - 36 inches
  • Planting InstructionsSoak roots before planting. Loosen soil well. Plant with eyes just below soil level and water well after planting.
  • Soil RequirementsPrefers moist conditions, but also grows well in average garden soil as long as it is not allowed to dry out during spring and summer.
  • Will TolerateAcidic Soil, Clay Soil, Loamy Soil, Wet Soil, Sandy Soil
  • PruningNot needed

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Upon placing your order you will receive an email confirmation with the details of your order and a shipping estimate. You will also receive an email notification when your order actually ships with an updated arrival estimate. If you have ordered multiple items, you may receive them in more than one shipment. We will send you a separate email confirming each shipment.

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The type of product you order or the weather in our area or your area may affect the anticipated shipping schedule below.

Based on the contents of your order we always strive to ship your order complete, and as early as possible in the planting season to allow for the best root development once planted.

To promote optimum stress protection in transit and your success in the garden, bareroot perennials are kept in the ground in our nurseries until fully dormant. In the Fall these plants tend to arrive at the later end of the shipping window above.

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    5A-5B 3/13/23 - 6/9/23
    6A-6B 3/5/23 - 6/9/23
    7A-7B 2/27/23 - 6/9/23
    8A-8B 2/20/23 - 6/9/23
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    7A-10B 3/13/23 - 6/2/23 5/29/2023
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    3A-10B 4/24/23 - 6/9/23 6/5/2023
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    5B 5/1/23 - 6/9/23 6/5/23
    6A 4/27/23 - 6/9/23 6/5/23
    6B 4/24/23 - 6/9/23 6/5/23
    7A 4/13/23 - 6/9/23 6/5/23
    7B 4/10/23 - 6/9/23 6/5/23
    8A-8B 4/3/23 - 6/2/23 5/29/2023
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    5A 4/10/23 - 6/9/23 6/5/23
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    6A 3/13/23 - 6/9/23 6/5/23
    6B 2/27/23 - 6/9/23 6/5/23
    7A 2/23/23 - 6/9/23 6/5/23
    7B 2/20/23 - 6/9/23 6/5/23
    8A 2/16/23 - 5/12/23 5/8/23
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