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.
- southern lady fernAthyrium asplenioidesZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- tongue fernPyrrosia linguaZones 8 to 10 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- rock fernPolystichum tsus-simenseZones 6 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 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
- European chain fernWoodwardia radicansZones 8 to 9 · Part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- golden male fernDryopteris affinisZones 6 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 to 4 ft
- dyce's holly fernPolystichum dyceiZones 6 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- braun's holly fernPolystichum brauniiZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- wood fernDryopteris tokyoensisZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- wood fernDryopteris crassirhizomaZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 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
- common polypodyPolypodium vulgareZones 6 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12"
- eastern marsh fernThelypteris palustrisZones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- log fernDryopteris celsaZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 ft
- welsh polypodyPolypodium cambricumZones 6 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- beech fernPhegopteris decursive-pinnataZones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- four leaf water cloverMarsilea muticaZones 5 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4"
- upside down fernArachniodes standishiiZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- buckler fernDryopteris complexaZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 ft
- champion's wood fernDryopteris championiiZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lady fernAthyrium thelypterioidesZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Mexican male fernDryopteris pseudofilix-masZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- shaggy wood fernDryopteris atrataZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- wood fernDryopteris laceraZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- wood fernDryopteris remotaZones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- resurrection fernPleopeltis minimaZones 6 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum var. pictumZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Silver Falls painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Silver Falls'Zones 5 to 8 · 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
- Lepidota Cristata wood fernDryopteris dilatata 'Lepidota Cristata'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Linearis Polydactyla wood fernDryopteris 'Linearis Polydactyla'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Crispa Whiteside wood fernDryopteris dilatata 'Crispa Whiteside'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Branford Rambler lady fernAthyrium 'Branford Rambler'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Prolifica autumn fernDryopteris erythrosora 'Prolifica'Zones 5 to 9 · 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
- Cristatum spleenwortAsplenium 'Cristatum'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 8 to 12"
- Fragrantissimum maidenhair fernAdiantum raddianum 'Fragrantissimum'Zones 8 to 11 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Pewter Lace painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Pewter Lace'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Crispa Cristata male fernDryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Pulcherrimum Bevis soft shield fernPolystichum setiferum 'Pulcherrimum Bevis'Zones 6 to 8 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Regal Red painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Regal Red'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Burgundy Lace painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Burgundy Lace'Zones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Divisilobum Densum soft shield fernPolystichum setiferum 'Divisilobum Densum'Zones 6 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Divisilobum Iveryanum soft shield fernPolystichum setiferum 'Divisilobum Iveryanum'Zones 6 to 8 · Part to full shade
- 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"
- Ursula painted lady fernAthyrium niponicum 'Ursula'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to 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