Ferns for zone 8
These 128 ferns grow in USDA zone 8. Zone 8 winters reach 10 to 20°F (-12 to -7°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
- giant chain fernWoodwardia fimbriataZones 8 to 10 · Part to full shade · 4 to 8 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
- blue star fernPhlebodium aureumZones 8 to 13 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- sensitive fernOnoclea sensibilisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Australian tree fernSphaeropteris cooperiZones 8 to 11 · Sun to shade · 15 to 20 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
- southern shield fernThelypteris kunthiiZones 7 to 10 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 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
- whisk fernPsilotum nudumZones 8 to 11 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 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
- American maidenhair fernAdiantum pedatumZones 2 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- rosy maidenhair fernAdiantum hispidulumZones 8 to 10 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- 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
- coastal wood fernDryopteris argutaZones 7 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- eastern hay-scented fernDennstaedtia punctilobulaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- leathery polypodyPolypodium scouleriZones 8 to 10 · Part to full shade · 12"
- 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
- california polypodyPolypodium californicumZones 7 to 10 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- mosquito fernAzolla filiculoidesZones 7 to 11 · Sun to shade · 2"
- painted lady fernAthyrium niponicumZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Carolina mosquito fernAzolla carolinianaZones 7 to 11 · Sun to part shade
- fishbone fernNephrolepis cordifoliaZones 8 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- marsh fernThelypteris confluensZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft