Ferns for zone 9
These 72 ferns grow in USDA zone 9. Zone 9 winters reach 20 to 30°F (-7 to -1°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- christmas fernPolystichum acrostichoidesZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- staghorn fernPlatycerium bifurcatumZones 9 to 12 · 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
- kimberly queen fernNephrolepis obliterataZones 9 to 11 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 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
- 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
- button fernHemionitis rotundifoliaZones 9 to 11 · Part shade · 6 to 12"
- Korean rock fernPolystichum tsussimenseZones 6 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- southern shield fernThelypteris kunthiiZones 7 to 10 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 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"
- 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
- water fernCeratopteris pteridoidesZones 9 to 11 · Part to full shade · 9 to 18"
- woodfernDryopteris australisZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 4 to 5 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 tree fernDicksonia antarcticaZones 9 to 10 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18 ft
- fortune's holly fernCyrtomium fortuneiZones 6 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- mother fernAsplenium bulbiferumZones 9 to 11 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 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
- netted chain fernWoodwardia areolataZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- wood fernDryopteris sieboldiiZones 6 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 3 ft
- california maidenhairAdiantum jordaniiZones 9 to 11 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- coastal wood fernDryopteris argutaZones 7 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 3 ft
- giant leather fernAcrostichum danaeifoliumZones 9 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12 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
- 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"
- 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
- 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
- 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
- eared lady fernAthyrium otophorumZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- European chain fernWoodwardia radicansZones 8 to 9 · Part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- cretan brakePteris creticaZones 9 to 12 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- 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
- 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"
- buckler fernDryopteris complexaZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 ft
- shaggy wood fernDryopteris atrataZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4 ft
- resurrection fernPleopeltis minimaZones 6 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"