Cyrtomium fortunei (Japanese Holly Fern)
This elegant evergreen fern forms handsome clumps of arching fronds with distinctive holly-like leaflets that maintain their beauty year-round in sheltered gardens. The leathery, dark green foliage emerges with a soft copper tint in spring, gradually maturing to deep green while retaining its rich texture and structure throughout the seasons. A reliable and architectural choice for shady borders, woodland gardens, or sheltered urban spaces, where it brings year-round form and contrast to softer planting. It thrives in moist but well-drained soil and partial to full shade, gradually forming tidy, spreading clumps that require minimal maintenance once established, making it an excellent choice for low-effort evergreen structure in the garden.
Family of Trees: Dryopteridaceae
Habit: Evergreen Fern
Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate
Optimal Temperature: 15-25°C, hardy to -10°C
Harmful if Eaten?: Non-toxic
Flowers or Berries: Non-flowering (Spores)
Hardiness: H4 (Hardy)
Hardiness ratings
All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets
- ○ H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
- ○ H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
- ○ H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
- ○ H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
- ○ H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
- ○ H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
- ○ H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
- ○ H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
- ○ H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)
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