Struthiopteris spicant

Has received the RHS Award of Garden Merit. (1993)
Common Name : hard fernFamily : BlechnaceaeType : FernHabit : Clump-formingSpread : 10-50 cmFoliage : EvergreenFoliage colour : Deep greenHardiness: Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe -20° to -15°Sunlight : Part Shade / Full ShadeMoisture : Moist but well-drained / Poorly-drainedSoil : Acid / NeutralSeason of interest : Spring - Summer - Autumn - Winter

S. spicant is a neat, tufted evergreen fern to 50cm, with spreading, narrow, dark green, simply pinnate sterile fronds and erect fertile fronds with linear pinnae.

See on garden plan - Coordinates: Q19