# Ferns

> Every article on ferns native to the Netherlands at tuinontwerp.app: position, planting, pruning, diseases, and the insects and birds each species supports.

Canonical: https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/plants/varens
Last updated: 2026-09-28

Ferns for the places where little else grows: under trees, along a north-facing wall, on damp ground.

- [Hart's tongue fern: planting and care of an evergreen fern](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/harts-tongue-fern) - Hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium): a native evergreen fern, 15 to 60 cm tall, for a shady spot. How to recognise it, plant it and rescue it. (2026-09-28)
- [Royal fern: where it grows, planting and care](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/royal-fern) - Royal fern (Osmunda regalis): a native fern 1 to 2.5 m tall in a garden, with rusty-brown spore plumes. Where it grows, what it costs and what can go wrong. (2026-09-27)
- [Marsh fern: planting, care and where it grows](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/marsh-fern) - Marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris) is a native fern of 0.5 to 1 metre for wet soil. How to recognise it, how to plant it and what to do when it goes wrong. (2026-09-28)

## See also

- [Plants](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/plants)