Welcome to Fancy Fronds Nursery. Spring 2025 shipping season will continue through June as weather allows. Thank you for your patience. We are happy to announce our online fern inventory was update on May 24th 2025, and more ferns have emerged and become available!
We are a small family run mail-order nursery in Gold Bar, Washington, specializing in hardy temperate ferns. Our nursery is open by appointment and we also ship seasonally to all 50 U.S. states. We offer a wide selection of ferns, including hardy temperate ferns, Victorian cultivars, xeric ferns, alpine ferns, tropical and sub-tropical ferns, and spike-mosses. Ferns are carefully packed and shipped during cool weather in the spring and fall to ensure they arrive safely and in good condition. The standard size of our ferns is a 4” container, though larger specimens may be available for some items. Ferns are shipped via USPS Priority Mail, and shipping may be subject to seasonal conditions. We do not ship during July and August. Please take a moment to read our Shipping policies in the "FAQ" section of our website if you have any questions about shipping times or rates. Due to the base cost of shipping, we do recommend (but do not require) a $20 minimum order to maximize the number of ferns you will receive compared to the shipping cost. We are also more than happy to help you select ferns perfect for your USDA zone that will thrive in your garden.
Looking for something specific? Search for ferns by common name, latin name, USDA zone, or keyword (zone 7, evergreen, deciduous, ostrich fern, maidenhair, Athyrium, crested etc.) or just browse our "Shop for Ferns" or “Category” pages below. Please note that some specialty and limited supply items may only be available via direct inquiry, so if you don’t find what you are looking for in-stock on our website, contact us and we will try to help you find it!
Pictured: Jeweled Chain Fern (Woodwardia unigemata)
Whether you are looking for a splash of color, texture, or just love gardening, we have the ferns for you! Our plants are thoroughly established, rigorously identified, and are grown in minimally heated greenhouses, making for specimens that are ready to thrive in your garden. Live ferns are shipped during the spring and fall to protect them from extreme heat and cold. We do not bare-root the plants, but rather remove them from their containers and wrap them in moist newsprint to protect them during shipping. We recommend potting them up or planting them in the ground soon after receiving them.
Zephyrus, one of our pet griffins
In addition to our mail order offerings, we have a large selection of limited stock and seasonal items that are available at the nursery. We are open year round by appointment (call us!), and located on the scenic Skykomish river off U.S. Highway 2 in Gold Bar, Washington
Our past exhibit at the 2019 Northwest Flower and Garden Show
Local plant sales are in the works for Spring 2022!
Quick Browse for ferns by category:
- Adiantum
- Anisocampium
- Asplenium
- Athyrium
- Autumn Fern
- Bamboo Fern
- Beech Fern
- Blue-green Foliage
- Brake Fern
- Chain Fern
- Cliff Brake
- Colonizing
- Colorful Foliage
- Colorful New Growth
- Coniogramme
- Creeping Rhizome
- Crested
- Cyrtomium
- Deciduous
- Dicksonia
- Dimorphic
- Doodia
- Drought Tolerant
- Dryopteris
- Dwarf
- Edible Fern
- English Lady Fern
- Epiphyte
- Evergreen
- Felt Fern
- Hart's Tongue Fern
- Holly Fern
- Hous
- Houseplant
- Japanese Fern
- Japanese Holly Fern
- Japanese Lady Fern
- Japanese Painted Fern
- Lacy Foliage
- Lady Fern
- Lemmaphyllum
- Maidenhair
- Maidenhair Fern
- Male Fern
- Matteucia
- Ostrich Fern
- Pacific Northwest Native
- Pellaea
- Phlebodium
- Polypodium
- Polystichum
- Proliferous
- Pteris
- Selaginella
- Semi-Evergreen
- Shield Fern
- Spikemoss
- Spleenwort
- Sub-Evergreen
- Sub-Tropical
- Sword Fern
- Tongue Fern
- Tree Fern
- Tropical
- U.S. Native
- Variegated
- Victorian Cultivar
- Wintergreen
- Wood Fern
- Woodwardia
- Zone 10
- Zone 11
- Zone 2
- Zone 3
- Zone 4
- Zone 5
- Zone 6
- Zone 7
- Zone 8
- Zone 9
Quick Browse for ferns by common name or latin name:
- 'Blue Star' Fern (1)
- 'Brilliance' Autumn Fern (1)
- 'Brilliantelse' Maidenhair Fern (1)
- 'Glowstar' Dwarf Sickle Fern (1)
- 'Snowflake' Variegated Maidenhair Fern (1)
- 'Star Glow' Dwarf Sickle Fern (1)
- Adiantum aleuticum (1)
- Adiantum capillis-veneris (1)
- Adiantum pubescens (1)
- Adiantum raddianum 'Brilliantelse' (1)
- Adiantum raddianum variegatum 'Snowflake' (1)
- Adiantum tenerum 'Bicolor' (1)
- Adiantum venustum (1)
- Adiantum x mairisii (1)
- Alaska Fern (1)
- Angustate Hart's Tongue Fern (1)
- Anisocampium niponicum 'Pearly White' (1)
- Anisocampium sheareri (1)
- Arching Japanese Holly Fern (1)
- Asplenium 'Austral Gem' (1)
- Asplenium 'Parvati' (1)
- Asplenium dimorphum x difforme (1)
- Asplenium scolopendrium (1)
- Asplenium scolopendrium 'Angustifolium' (1)
- Asplenium scolopendrium 'Cristatum' (1)
- Asplenium scolopendrium 'Marginatum' (1)
- Asplenium scolopendrium 'Undulatum' (1)
- Asplenium trichomanes subsp. trichomanes (1)
- Asplenium x ebenoides (1)
- Athyrium filix-femina 'Cruciato Cristatum' (1)
- Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (1)
- Athyrium niponicum 'Ghost' (1)
- Athyrium niponicum 'Pearly White' (1)
- Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' (1)
- Athyrium oblitescens (1)
- Athyrium otophorum (1)
- Athyrium sheareri (1)
- Athyrium x 'Aubergine Lady' (1)
- Aubergine Lady Fern (1)
- Auriculate Lady Fern (1)
- Autumn Fern (1)
- Bean Fern (1)
- Bear's Paw Fern (1)
- Bicolor Maidenhair Fern (1)
- Big Leaf Holly Fern (1)
- Blechnum spicant (1)
- Bronze Venus Maidenhair Fern (1)
- Christmas Fern (1)
- Cliff Brake Fern (1)
- Coniogramme emeiensis 'Golden Zebra' (1)
- Crested Hart's Tongue Fern (1)
- Crisped Narrow Hybrid Golden-Scaled Male Fern (1)
- Cyrtomium falcatum 'Rochfordianum' (1)
- Cyrtomium fortunei (1)
- Cyrtomium fortunei var. clivicola (1)
- Cyrtomium macrophyllum (1)
- Deer Fern (1)
- Dicksonia antarctica (1)
- Doodia media (1)
- Dragontail Fern (1)
- Dropteris lepidopoda (1)
- Dryopteris affinis 'Crispa Gracilis' (1)
- Dryopteris affinis 'Pinderi' (1)
- Dryopteris complexa 'Stableri Crisped' (1)
- Dryopteris cycadina (1)
- Dryopteris erythrosora (1)
- Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance' (1)
- Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Polydactyla' (1)
- Dryopteris sieboldii (1)
- Dryopteris wallichiana 'Jurassic Gold' (1)
- Dryopteris wallichiana subsp. nepalensis 'Molten Lava' (1)
- Dwarf Crisped Golden-scaled Male Fern (1)
- Edible Fern (1)
- Evergreen Maidenhair (1)
- Felt Fern (1)
- Fiddlehead Fern (1)
- Five-Finger Maidenhair (1)
- Ghost Painted Fern (1)
- Giant Ostrich Fern (1)
- Golden Zebra Fern (1)
- Hacksaw Fern (1)
- Hardy Japanese Holly Fern (1)
- Hart's Tongue Fern (1)
- Himalayan Maidenhair (1)
- Japanese Holly Fern (1)
- Japanese Painted Fern (1)
- Jeweled Chain Fern (1)
- Kangaroo Foot Fern (1)
- Kraus's Golden Spikemoss (1)
- Kraus's Mounding Spikemoss (1)
- Lady in Red Lady Fern (1)
- Lemmaphyllum microphyllum (1)
- Licorice Fern (1)
- Long Eared Holly Fern (1)
- Maidenhair Spleenwort (1)
- Mairis's Maidenhair (1)
- Makinoi's Holly Fern (1)
- Marginate Hart's Tongue Fern (1)
- Matteucia struthiopteris 'Jumbo' (1)
- Matteucia struthiopteris 'King' (1)
- Matteucia struthiopteris 'The King' (1)
- Merlot Lady Fern (1)
- Mexican Chain Fern (1)
- Molten Lava Fern (1)
- Mossy Shield Fern (1)
- Mother Fern (1)
- Narrow Hart's Tongue Fern (1)
- Norfolk Island Spleenwort (1)
- Onoclea sensibilis (1)
- Orange-croziered Wallich's Wood Fern (1)
- Ostrich Fern (1)
- Painted Brake Fern (1)
- Pearly White Japanese Painted Fern (1)
- Pearly White Painted Fern (1)
- Pellaea hastata (1)
- Pellea 'Glowstar' (1)
- Pellea falcata 'Star Glow' (1)
- Phegopteris decursive-pinata (1)
- Phlebodium aureum (1)
- Phlebodium aureum 'Blue Star' (1)
- Pinder's Golden Scaled Male Fern (1)
- Plumose Shield Fern (1)
- Polypodium aurem 'Blue Star' (1)
- Polypodium glycyrrhiza (1)
- Polystichum acrostichoides (1)
- Polystichum makinoi (1)
- Polystichum munitum (1)
- Polystichum neolobatum (1)
- Polystichum polyblepharum (1)
- Polystichum setiferum (1)
- Polystichum setiferum 'Divisilobum type' (1)
- Polystichum setiferum 'Divisilobum' (1)
- Polystichum setiferum 'Pumoso-Multilobum' (1)
- Pteris ensiformis 'Evergemiensis' (1)
- Pteris quadriaurita (1)
- Pteris quadriaurita 'Tricolor' (1)
- Pyrrosia lingua (1)
- Rasp Fern (1)
- Raspberry Fern (1)
- Rochford's Holly Fern (1)
- Scott's Spleenwort Fern (1)
- Selaginella kraussiana 'Aurea' (1)
- Selaginella kraussiana 'Brownii' (1)
- Sensitive Fern (1)
- Shaggy Wood Fern (1)
- Shearer's Lady Fern (1)
- Shearer's Painted Fern (1)
- Siebold's Wood Fern (1)
- Silver Lace Fern (1)
- Slender Crested Male Fern (1)
- Slender Many Fingered Male Fern (1)
- Soft Shield Fern (1)
- Striped Bamboo Fern (1)
- Striped Brake Fern (1)
- Struthiopteris spicant (1)
- Sunset Fern (1)
- Sword Fern (1)
- Tasmanian Tree Fern (1)
- Tassel Fern (1)
- Thelypteris decursive-pinata (1)
- Tongue Fern (1)
- Tricolor Brake Fern (1)
- Undulated Hart's Tongue Fern (1)
- Variegated Cliff Brake (1)
- Variegated Maidenhair Fern (1)
- Venus Maidenhair (1)
- Venus Maidenhair Fern (1)
- Victoria Lady Fern (1)
- Western Sword Fern (1)
- Woodwardia semicordata (1)
- Woodwardia unigemata (1)
- Divided Soft Shield Fern (2)
Fancy Fronds Nursery * PO BOX 1090 * 40830 172nd Street SE * Gold Bar WA, 98251
PHONE: (360) 793-1472 * JUDITH’S CELL: (206) 707-4807
EMAIL: fancyfronds@gmail.com
WEB: www.fancyfrondsnursery.com