Theodore Klein Plant Awards
Ferns
Below you’ll find the Ferns that have received the honor of “Theodore Klein Plant Award” in alphabetical order based on its Latin name.
Athyrium
Lady Fern
‘Ghost’
- Cold Hardiness: Zone 5-8
- Size: 1' 3" x 1' 3"
- Light Requirement: Full Shade to Partial Sun
- Flowering Time: n/a
- Kentucky Native: No
- Year added to list: 2019
A vigorous, clumping hybrid fern with gracefully upright arching fronds in a light grey/green. Works best in filtered light to medium shade in any reasonable soil. Works well in the garden as a single specimen or in large masses.
Athyrium nipponicum
var pictum
- Cold Hardiness: Zone 5-8
- Size: 1' 3" x 3"
- Light Requirement: Full to Partial Shade
- Flowering Time: n/a
- Kentucky Native: No
- Year added to list: 2019
Excellent if somewhat variable shade fern that has silvery white markings on the upper side of the fronds. Spreads to form a large mass in the garden where it can shade/crowd out weeds. Easy to grow and many delightful cultivars on the market.
Dryopteris x australis
Dixie Wood Fern
- Cold Hardiness: Zone 4-8
- Size: 3' x 3'
- Light Requirement: Partial to Full Shade
- Flowering Time: n/a
- Kentucky Native: Yes
- Year added to list: 2010
This 3’-4′-tall, upright arching fern is one of the best choices for specimen or mass planting. It works well in any shaded site with a good garden soil. Vigorous grower that is not browsed by deer and has few other insect or pest problems. An easy to grow fern.
This is a naturally occurring hybrid of Dryopteris celsa and D. ludoviciana
Polysticum acrosticoides
Christmas Fern
- Cold Hardiness: Zone 4-8
- Size: 1' x 2'
- Light Requirement: Full to Partial Shade
- Flowering Time: n/a
- Kentucky Native: Yes
- Year added to list: 2013
Easy to grow evergreen fern for the shade garden. Growing 12″-24″ tall and wide, its slightly leathery foliage starts out spring fairly upright and gradually relaxes to the ground through the winter. Deer browse resistant.
