Ferns for zone 4
These 66 ferns grow in USDA zone 4. Zone 4 winters reach -30 to -20°F (-34 to -29°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- ostrich fernOnoclea struthiopterisZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 6 ft
- christmas fernPolystichum acrostichoidesZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- brackenPteridium aquilinumZones 3 to 10 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- horsetailEquisetum hyemaleZones 4 to 10 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- cinnamon fernOsmundastrum cinnamomeumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 5 ft
- western sword fernPolystichum munitumZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- royal fernOsmunda regalisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- sensitive fernOnoclea sensibilisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Lady in Red lady fernAthyrium 'Lady in Red'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- ebony spleenwortAsplenium platyneuronZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- interrupted fernOsmunda claytonianaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- marginal wood fernDryopteris marginalisZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- licorice fernPolypodium glycyrrhizaZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12"
- new york fernThelypteris noveboracensisZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- western maidenhair fernAdiantum aleuticumZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- male fernDryopteris filix-masZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- The King ostrich fernOnoclea struthiopteris 'The King'Zones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 3 to 6 ft
- American maidenhair fernAdiantum pedatumZones 2 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- bulblet bladder fernCystopteris bulbiferaZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- netted chain fernWoodwardia areolataZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- rock polypodyPolypodium virginianumZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- wood fernDryopteris carthusianaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- spleenwortAsplenium ebenoidesZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- Ghost lady fernAthyrium 'Ghost'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- crested wood fernDryopteris cristataZones 2 to 7 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- eastern hay-scented fernDennstaedtia punctilobulaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- rattlesnake fernBotrychium virginianumZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- spreading wood fernDryopteris expansaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Virginia chain fernWoodwardia virginicaZones 4 to 10 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- beech fernPhegopteris connectilisZones 2 to 5 · Part to full shade · 9 to 18"
- marsh fernThelypteris confluensZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- Jumbo ostrich fernOnoclea struthiopteris 'Jumbo'Zones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 3 to 6 ft
- braun's holly fernPolystichum brauniiZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Frizelliae lady fernAthyrium 'Frizelliae'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- Lady-in-Lace lady fernAthyrium 'Lady-in-Lace'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- mountain spleenwortAsplenium montanumZones 4 to 7 · Part to full shade
- beech fernPhegopteris decursive-pinnataZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- upside down fernArachniodes standishiiZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- lady fernAthyrium thelypterioidesZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- wood fernDryopteris remotaZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum var. pictumZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Purpurascens royal fernOsmunda regalis 'Purpurascens'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Cristata royal fernOsmunda regalis 'Cristata'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Grandiceps Wills wood fernDryopteris 'Grandiceps Wills'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 ft
- Crispa Whiteside wood fernDryopteris dilatata 'Crispa Whiteside'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Cristata wood fernDryopteris 'Cristata'Zones 2 to 7 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Branford Rambler lady fernAthyrium 'Branford Rambler'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Silver Slippers lady fernAthyrium 'Silver Slippers'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 9"
- Ocean lady fernAthyrium 'Ocean'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Crispa Cristata male fernDryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Regal Red painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Regal Red'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Crested Surf painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Crested Surf'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- Metallicum painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Metallicum'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Red Beauty painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Red Beauty'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Crispa Gracilis golden male fernDryopteris affinis 'Crispa Gracilis'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Cristata Angustata golden male fernDryopteris affinis 'Cristata Angustata'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Cristata golden male fernDryopteris affinis 'Cristata'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Polydactyla Mapplebeck golden male fernDryopteris affinis 'Polydactyla Mapplebeck'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade
- subarctic ladyfernAthyrium filix-feminaZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Lady in Red subarctic ladyfernAthyrium filix-femina 'Lady in Red'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft