Ferns for zone 6
These 119 ferns grow in USDA zone 6. Zone 6 winters reach -10 to 0°F (-23 to -18°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
- autumn fernDryopteris erythrosoraZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 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
- lady fernAthyrium vidaliiZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 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
- holly fernCyrtomium falcatumZones 6 to 10 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Korean rock fernPolystichum tsussimenseZones 6 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 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
- maidenhair fernAdiantum capillus-venerisZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 9 to 18"
- marginal wood fernDryopteris marginalisZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- wood fernDryopteris dilatataZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 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
- southern wood fernDryopteris ludovicianaZones 6 to 10 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- woodfernDryopteris australisZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Brilliance autumn fernDryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- resurrection fernPleopeltis polypodioidesZones 6 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12"
- western maidenhair fernAdiantum aleuticumZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- hart's tongue fernAsplenium scolopendriumZones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- soft shield fernPolystichum setiferumZones 6 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- fortune's holly fernCyrtomium fortuneiZones 6 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Himalayan maidenhairAdiantum venustumZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 4 to 8"
- Japanese tassel fernPolystichum polyblepharumZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- maidenhair spleenwortAsplenium trichomanesZones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 7"
- 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
- broad beech fernPhegopteris hexagonopteraZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- intermediate wood fernDryopteris intermediaZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 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"
- wood fernDryopteris sieboldiiZones 6 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- 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
- painted lady fernAthyrium niponicumZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- marsh fernThelypteris confluensZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- southern lady fernAthyrium asplenioidesZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- rock fernPolystichum tsus-simenseZones 6 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Jumbo ostrich fernOnoclea struthiopteris 'Jumbo'Zones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 3 to 6 ft
- hard fernBlechnum spicantZones 5 to 8 · Sun to shade · 9 to 18"
- Jurassic Gold alpine wood fernDryopteris wallichiana 'Jurassic Gold'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- alpine wood fernDryopteris wallichianaZones 6 to 9 · Part to full shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Herrenhausen soft shield fernPolystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'Zones 6 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- eared lady fernAthyrium otophorumZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- shaggy wood fernDryopteris cycadinaZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- golden male fernDryopteris affinisZones 6 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft