(Boston Fern, Boston Swordfern)

A common, old-fashioned plant for containers and hanging baskets, Boston fern is easy to grow and tolerant or summer warmth and humidity.

This large, evergreen to semi-evergreen fern originates from regions in Mexico, Central and South America. The cultivar ‘Bostoniensis’ has dense, arching, lance-shaped fronds of medium green that are broader than the standard species. When mature it develops a distinct mop-like weeping habit.

Like most ferns, Boston fern grows best in full to partial shade...

(Boston Swordfern, Dallas Jewel Boston Fern)

A new selection of an old favorite, ‘Dallas Jewel’ is a compact, vigorous Boston swordfern with spreading and arching, shiny fronds. Like all Boston ferns, it is easy to grow and tolerant or summer warmth and humidity. The parent species is an evergreen to semi-evergreen fern native to the tropical Americas, Africa and Polynesia. The fronds of ‘Dallas Jewel’ are medium green and shorter than those of the parent species, making the habit more compact. This fern spreads by rhizomes (underground stems)...

(Boston Swordfern)

A sterile selection of the classic Boston swordfern, ‘Fluffy Ruffles’ is a compact, elegant fern with spreading and arching, shiny fronds lined with wavy-edged and incised leaflets. Easy to grow and tolerant or summer warmth and humidity, its parent species is an evergreen to semi-evergreen fern native to the tropical Americas, Africa and Polynesia. The fronds of ‘Fluffy Ruffles' are medium green to slightly yellowed, shorter and more arching than those of the parent species, all helping to make...

(Swordfern)

Australian sword fern is a large, ground-dwelling or terrestrial fern which grows in rainforests upon rocks or in soil near lakes or streams native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea. It spreads slowly by rhizomes (below ground stems) and stolons (above ground lateral stems). The leaf stems or petioles are covered with sparse red-brown hair-like scales with pale margins and a few longer hairs. The fronds are evergreen, long and feather like, the leaflets have margins which are lightly scalloped....

(Kimberley Queen Sword Fern, Swordfern)

The Kimberley Queen sword fern is among the easiest of ferns to grow. This fern's long fronds with a lovely medium green to dark green color are held upright and gently arch to form a handsome rounded clump. It is considered a tidier looking plant when compared to the species. In its native northeastern Australia and New Guinea, it would be found growing in rainforests upon rocks or in soil near lakes or streams.

'Kimberley Queen' needs very bright indirect light in a soil that is moist and fertile;...

(Oleander)

Oleander is a tough Mediterranean shrub that thrives where summers are dry and hot. It is a large, evergreen shrub with bushy, rounded to vase-shaped habit. Leathery, linear, lance-shaped leaves line the branches throughout the year and emit white latex when broken. The colorful flowers appear all year around but bloom most heavily from late winter to early summer. They are borne in loose clusters at the ends of the branches and are funnel-shaped at the base with five prominent radial petals that...

(Calypso Oleander, Oleander)

The red-flowered ‘Calypso’ is a large shrub with medium green foliage and greater cold tolerance than most oleanders.

Oleander is a tough Mediterranean shrub that thrives where summers are dry and hot. It is a large, evergreen shrub with bushy, rounded to vase-shaped habit. Leathery, linear, lance-shaped leaves line the branches throughout the year and emit white latex when broken. The colorful flowers appear all year around but bloom most heavily from late winter to early summer. They are borne...

(Cherry Ripe Oleander, Oleander)

True to its name, the cultivar 'Cherry Ripe' bears bright scarlet-red, single flowers that are softly scented and appear with profusion.

Oleander is a tough Mediterranean shrub that thrives where summers are dry and hot. It is a large, evergreen shrub with bushy, rounded to vase-shaped habit. Leathery, linear, lance-shaped leaves line the branches throughout the year and emit white latex when broken. The colorful flowers appear all year around but bloom most heavily from late winter to early...

(Hardy Pink Oleander, Oleander)

The pretty ‘Hardy Pink’ is vigorous, withstands temperature extremes better than other oleanders and is prized for the abundant, long-lasting blooms.

Oleander is a tough Mediterranean shrub that thrives where summers are dry and hot. It is a large, evergreen shrub with bushy, rounded to vase-shaped habit. Leathery, linear, lance-shaped leaves line the branches throughout the year and emit white latex when broken. The colorful flowers appear all year around but bloom most heavily from late winter...

(Hardy Red Oleander, Oleander)

The cultivar ‘Hardy Red’ is vigorous, withstands temperature extremes better than other oleanders and is prized for the abundant, long-lasting blooms.

Oleander is a tough Mediterranean shrub that thrives where summers are dry and hot. It is a large, evergreen shrub with bushy, rounded to vase-shaped habit. Leathery, linear, lance-shaped leaves line the branches throughout the year and emit white latex when broken. The colorful flowers appear all year around but bloom most heavily from late winter...