The only one I can come up with is Dryopteris sieboldii. I looked right through the Wisley Fern book! :-))

that doesnt ring any bells. hubby said it began with c. thanks for looking.

I don't that it is a fern, I had somthing like it in a hanging basket once but never knew the name,

It is known as holly fern - cyrtomium falcatum. It needs damp shady conditions to grow really well, I've got a few in my garden.

Us too Seaburn...Agree with Andrea...Common name Chinese Holly Fern ! Purchased at Reighton by any chance ! x

Sorry, Sbg. There isn't a picture next to that name in my book, but I'm sure the others are spot on!

yes thats it. no i got it at Spring garden centre at sigglesthorne, reduced from £3 to 50p each. Bonkersbon

sorry I've been browsing and flexing the plastic. bought an osmanthus and a pink aconitum. havent told hubby yet. will wait till they arrive next week. :o)

Happy New Year !!!

Sorry to disagree Andrea but I think it is Adiantum Pedatum which likes full or partial shade. Are the stems black Seaburngirl?

Fair enough but I have an identical plant in my garden, have a look on google images

What are the other plants, Sbg? Carex? and??

Sorry Mad but like Andrea have this too the fronds are much stiffer than A.Pedatum and its less shrubby in nature if that a correct gardening term lol

I stand corrected and I don't mind eating humble pie ... not too much anyway!
I looked on Google and the illustration looks very different from that in my Readers Digest Gardening Encyclopedia. I used to have one like the one in Seaburngirls' photo but couldn't remember the name of it and the one in my book looked like it. Yes, they are much stiffer. Sorry, my mistake.

its definately a fern complete with sorri under the fronds. Huuby says the name suggested is correct and he has found the slip of paper with the name on it in the car toay when he was cleaning the car. leaving me the cooker :o(
the other plants are: the variegated liriope silver ribbon, the pink flowers are from saxifraga 'black ruby'.
the pot of all green leaves in the right background is schzstostylis [spelling] still waiting t go in the garden a year on from when i bought it. I have split it a couple of times. its a very pae pink called pink princess. and towards the middle/left is a bergina that has reddish flower stems and bright magenta pink flowers. it also goes reddish in the autumn in the frosts.

I can also confirm it's Cyrtomium as it is one of the more common ferns we sell so am very familiar with it.
:-)

and there was i thinking it was out of the ordinary. ah well common goes with me :o))

Well, it may not be common in other places but it is one of our very frequent types that we sell.

Incidentally, we have also sold another species, Cyrtomium falcatum in the recent past. Both species can tolerate full sun in the Uk but still look better in shade.

this one is C.falcatum which is the other species you are selling Fractal?
It will be going semi shade once i get the area cleared.

Sorry, meant to put C. fortunei :-)

thanks fractal.