Long-eared Holly Fern. Likes cool, damp climates. Polystichum polyblepharum Zone 6. A very large coarse evergreen fern that serves as a good landscape fern, as a filler plant or a companion to large gold and chartreuse Hosta. Extremely shiny rich forest green foliage.
New foliage starts off apple-green in color.
Polystichum proliferum Zone 6. Upright arching shape, semi-evergreen fern. Broadly lance-shaped fronds of dark green colouring. The leaflets are triangular in shape giving this fern a fine texture but the fronds themselves are leathery. Polystichum setiferum Zone 5.