A hardy deciduous fern producing elegant lime green fronds which unfurl gracefully in spring giving the plant a shuttlecock45like appearance easy to grow and awarded an rhs agm the shuttlecock fern makes a fabulous architectural addition to borders woodland gardens and the edges of ponds growing best in moist shady areas this large fern also known as the ostrich fern is superb for tricky damp areas of the garden and is incredibly low45maintenance slowly spreading by underground rh