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Aberconwy Nursery
30-40 ferns especially dwarf varieties suitable for the rock garden
Address: Aberconwy Nursery, Glan Conwy, Colwyn Bay, LL28 5TL
Tel: 01492 580875
Website: www.aberconwynursery.co.uk
e-mail: enquiries@aberconwynursery.co.uk
Mail Order: No
Catalogue: Available online or by post.
Opening hours:
March – September
Tuesday – Friday
10am – 4pm
Bali-Hai Mail Order Nursery
Small selection of tree ferns
Address: 42 Largy Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT44 0EZ
Telephone: 028 2888 5289
Web site: www.mailorderplants4me.com
Email: balihainursery@btinternet.com
Catalogue: On line
Mail Order: Yes
Open: By appointment only
Batsford Nursery and Garden Centre
70 native and foreign fern species and varieties
Address: Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 9QB
Telephone: 01386 700409
Email: gardencentre@batsfordfoundation.co.uk
Catalogue: Colour brochure available at £2.99
Mail Order: No
Open: 10-5 every day, except Christmas week
The Beth Chatto Gardens Ltd
Approximately 30 ferns stocked amongst a wide selection of perennials, many suitable for difficult situations
Address: Elmstead Market, Colchester, Essex, CO7 7DB
Telephone: 01206 822007
Web site: www.bethchatto.co.uk
Email: info@bethchatto.fsnet.co.uk
Catalogue: On line, or send cheque for £3 (£5 non UK)
Mail Order: Yes
Open: See web site
Binny Plants
Approximately 70 hardy native and foreign ferns among wide range of other plants
Address: West Lodge, Binny Estate, Ecclesmachen Road, Nr. Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland, EH52 6NL
Telephone: 01506 858931
Web site: www.binnyplants.com
Email: contact@binnyplants.com
Catalogue: On line
Mail Order: Yes
Open: 10am-5pm every day
Bowdens
Bowdens is a family business run by Tim and Ruth Penrose specialising in mail order plants. Bowdens is located in the village of Sticklepath on the northern edge of Dartmoor in Devon – we always have the kettle on so do come and see us.
Address: Sticklepath, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2NL
Telephone: 01837 840989
Web site: www.bowdenhostas.com
Email: www.bowdenhostas.com/pages/Contact-Us.html
Catalogue: Yes
Mail Order: Yes
Open: Monday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm
Brownthwaite Hardy Plants
Lots of nice ferns
Contact: Chris Benson
Address: Fell Yeat, Casterton
Website: Brownthwaite Hardy Plants
Notes: Follow brown signs from A65 between Kirkby Lonsdale & Cowan Bridge. Wheelchair accessible.
OS Grid Ref: SD632794
Mail Order: No (ferns)
Open: 10:00-17:00, 1st April-20th September
Burncoose Nurseries
Approximately 24 hardy native and foreign ferns plus 6 species of tree fern
Address: Gwennap, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 6BJ
Telephone: 01209 860316
Web site: www.burncoose.co.uk
Email: burncoose@eclipse.co.uk
Catalogue: On line
Mail Order: Yes
Open: 8.30am-5pm Mon-Sat. 11am-5pm Sun
Crawford Ferns
Over 100 ferns (some in small numbers only)
Address: Crawford, High Street, Spetisbury, DT11 9DP
Telephone: 01258 857240
Web site: www.crawfordferns.co.uk
Email: crawfordferns@sched.freeserve.co.uk
Catalogue: On line , or request hard copy
Mail Order: Yes
Open: Daily in spring/summer and by appointment in winter. Call first.
Fancy Fronds – Judith I. Jones
Specialising in North American and British hardy ferns P.O. Box 1090, Gold Bar, Washington 98251, U.S.A. US orders only. Email: Judith@fancyfronds.com
Farnwerk
Farnwerk is a fern nursery located in Haerkingen, Switzerland. We cultivate more than 700 tropical and hardy fern species and offer on our web site a wide and changing collection of rare ferns: Swiss native ferns, hardy and tropical ferns from all over the world, mounted ferns and lycopods.
Address: Gerberaweg 7, 4624 Haerkingen, Switzerland
Web site: www.farnwerk.ch
Email: info@farnwerk.ch
Catalogue: On line, with detailed descriptions in German
Mail Order: Yes
Open: Feb-Nov every Saturday from 10am-4pm or by appointment
The Fern Nursery – R. N. Timm
80-100 hardy native and foreign ferns and tree ferns
Address: Grimsby Road, Binbrook, Lincolnshire, LN8 6DH
Telephone: 01472 398092
Web site: www.fernnursery.co.uk
Email: neilfernnursery@gmail.com
Catalogue: On line, or send 4 x 1st class stamps
Mail Order: Yes
Open: 9am-5pm Fri, Sat, Sun Apr-Oct
Fibrex Nurseries
Over 200 ferns. Hardy native and foreign ferns, small tree ferns and selection of tender ferns Address: Honeybourne Road, Pebworth, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 8XP
Telephone: 01789 720788
Web site: www.fibrex.co.uk
Email: sales@fibrex.co.uk
Catalogue: On line, or request hard copy
Mail Order: Yes
Open: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Apr-Sept, 9am-4pm Oct-Mar
Sat-Sun 10.30am-4pm 18Feb-30 Jul
Fernatix
60-70 hardy native and hardy and semi-hardy foreign ferns plus tree ferns
Address: Old Manse, Norwich Road, Stoke Ash, SUFFOLK IP23 7EN
Telephone: 01379 678197
Web site: mailfernatix.co.uk
Email: fernatix68@aol.com
Catalogue: On line
Mail Order: Yes
Open: By appointment
Fillans Plants
Address: Pound House Nursery Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton, Devon PL20 7LJ
Tel: 01822 855050
Stock includes unusual Southern Hemisphere ferns
The Flower Bower
Approximately 50 hardy native and foreign ferns
Address: Woodlands, Shurton, Stogursey, Nr. Bridgewater, Somerset, TA5 1QE
Telephone: 01278 732134
Email: Flower.bower@virgin.net
Catalogue: Email or write
Mail Order: Yes
Open: By appointment
Hartside Nursery Garden
Approximately 20 hardy ferns mostly smaller species
Address: Nr. Alston, Cumbria, CA9 3BL
Telephone: 01434 381372
Web site: www.hartsidenursery.co.uk
Email: Hartside@macunlimited.net
Catalogue: Send 4 x 1st class stamps
Mail Order: Yes
Open: Mid Mar-Oct 11.30am-4.30pm weekdays, 12.30-4pm weekends
Highfield Nurseries and Highfield Garden World
Small general selection of hardy ferns
Address: Nursery: School Lane, Whitminster, Gloucs. GL2 7PL
Garden World: Bristol Road, Whitminster, Gloucs. GL2 7PB
Telephone: 01452 740266
Web site: www.highfield-nurseries.co.uk
Email: info@highfield-nurseries.co.uk
Catalogue: Request by post or email
Mail Order: Yes
Open: Nursery: 9am-5pm weekdays
Garden World: 9am-5.30pm Mon-Sat, 10.30am-4.30pm Sun
I Love Ferns
Platyceriums and Huperzias
Address: 31/3 Moo 8, Wangsam Makham, Chanthaburi, Thailand, 22150
Web site: www.iloveferns.com
Email: Contact Page
Mail Order: Yes
Ivycroft Plants
Approximately 50 hardy native and foreign ferns including wide range of polypody varieties
Address: Upper Ivington, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0JN
Telephone: 01568 720344
Web site: www.ivycroftgarden.co.uk
Email: ivycroft@homecall.co.uk
Catalogue: None
Mail Order: No
Open: All year by appointment.
Kells Bay Gardens – Billy Alexander
Specialising in Southern Hemisphere tree ferns & ground ferns from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Chile to both the Wholesale and Retail trade Large selection of rare ferns. Address: Kells Bay Gardens, Cahersiveen, Kerry, Ireland
Telephone: +353 (0)87 777 6666
Web site: www.kellsgardens.ie
Email: billy@kellsgardens.ie
Catalogue: See web site
Mail Order: Yes
Open: By prior appointment only
Long Acre Plants
80-100 hardy native and foreign ferns including wide range of Polystichum setiferum forms
Address: South Marsh, Charlton Musgrove, Nr. Wincanton, Somerset,BA9 8EX
Telephone: 01963 32802
Web site: www.plantsforshade.co.uk
Email: info@plantsforshade.co.uk
Catalogue: On line, or request hard copy
Mail Order: Yes
Open: Thur-Sat 10am-5pm Feb-Jun & Sept-Oct
Le Monde des Fougeres – Olivier Ezavin
Over 100 fern taxa available for cultivation at -10 to +30 °C
955 Chemin du Puits, 1, 1 Roquefort les Pins, France (the nursery is near Nice)
website
email
Monksilver Nursery
Approximately 90 hardy ferns including many Asplenium, Polypodium and Polystichum setiferum varieties
Address: Oakington Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4 8TW
Telephone: 01954 251555
Web site: www.monksilver.com
Email: plants@monksilver.com
Catalogue: Request by email or post
Mail Order: Yes
Open: Fri & Sat 10am-4pm Mar-Jun and Oct
Pineview Plants – Colin Moat
An impressive list of hardy ferns, plus many other perennials.
Address: Orchard Place Business Centre, Wrotham Heath, TN15 8QU
Nursery Postal Address: Pineview, 19 Windmill Hill, Wrotham Heath, Sevenoaks , Kent TN15 7SU GB
Telephone: 0173-288-2945
Website: pineviewplants.co.uk
Email: colin@pineviewplants.co.uk
Catalogue: Online.
Mail order: Yes
Open: By appointment.
Plant Addicts
We have a huge online selection of ferns and other plants.
Address: 5720 N 279th Cir
Valley, NE 68064 USA
Telephone: (833) 577 0999
Web site: plantaddicts.com
Email: info@plantaddicts.com
Catalogue: Online
Mail Order: Yes
Open: 7 AM – 5 PM CST
Shady Plants
A specialist nursery, growing over 120 types of ferns, based near the south coast of Ireland between Cork and Waterford.
Address: Mike Keep, Shady Plants Fern Nursery, Coolbooa, Clashmore,
Co. Waterford, Rep. of Ireland
Telephone: ++ 353 24 96735
Web site: www.shadyplants.net
Catalogue: On line
Mail Order: Yes
Open: By appointment.
Swines Meadow Farm Nursey and Tearoom – Colin Ward
Many rare and unusual plants offered for sale, including around 40 varieties of ferns. A good selection of seasonal and popular plants too.
Address: 47 Towngate East, Market Deeping, Peterborough, PE6 8LQ
Tel: 0177 834 3340
Email: ceveandsons@btconnect.com
Mail order: www.swinesmeadowfarmnursery.co.uk
Twitter: @rareplants
Blog: http://rareplantsnursery.wordpress.com/
Open: Mon – Sat: 9am – 4pm, Sun: 10am – 4pm. Open Bank Holidays except Christmas.
Trevena Cross Nurseries
30 or so native and foreign ferns with a bias towards New Zealand ferns
Address: Breage, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 9PS
Telephone: 01736 763 880
Web site: www.trevenacross.co.uk
Email: info@trevenacross.co.uk
Catalogue: On line
Mail Order: Yes
Open: Mon-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10.30am-4.30pm
Tropical Britain
Our Mission : To promote, celebrate and champion Exotic Gardening in a Cool Climate. We aim to deliver top quality plants – at affordable prices – as soon as humanly possible.
Address: 78 The Green, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 5AG
Telephone: +44(0)20 8894 3099
Web site: www.tropicalbritain.co.uk
Email: info@tropicalbritain.co.uk
Catalogue: On line
Mail Order: Yes
Open: On-line only