Fern Plugs
Plug plants are a great way to build up a fern collection on a budget. You just need 9cm pots, good compost and a little patience! Their small size makes them useful for other projects, such as making miniature tree ferns using Hygrolon or using in terrariums.
For a handy reference guide to treating your plugs click here.
Photographs are for illustrative purposes only and give an indication of how they look on maturity. This photo gives an idea of the size of plant, with a Euro coin for scale, though the individual ferns change and grow quite rapidly through the year. The plants themselves are around one year old from spore (it is a slow process!).![Typical plug plant with one Euro coin for scale](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Thelyptris_kunthii_thumb.JPG)
For a handy reference guide to treating your plugs click here.
Photographs are for illustrative purposes only and give an indication of how they look on maturity. This photo gives an idea of the size of plant, with a Euro coin for scale, though the individual ferns change and grow quite rapidly through the year. The plants themselves are around one year old from spore (it is a slow process!).
Typical plug plant with one Euro coin for scale
![Adiantum microphyllum plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Adiantum_microphyllum_1_thumb.jpg)
Adiantum microphyllum plug €3.00
![Adiantum peruvianum - Plug plant €3.00 Adiantum peruvianum - Plug plant for sale in Ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/1024px-Adiantum_peruvianum_1_thumb.jpg)
Adiantum peruvianum - Plug plant €3.00
![Cyathea tomentosissima - Highland Lace Tree Fern plug €5.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/e_11343-1_thumb.jpg)
Cyathea tomentosissima - Highland Lace Tree Fern plug €5.00
![Adiantum pubescence- New Zealand Hairy Maidenhair Fern plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/adiantum_pubescens_1_thumb.jpeg)
Adiantum pubescence- New Zealand Hairy Maidenhair Fern plug €3.00
![Actiniopteris australis - Eyelash Fern plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/actiniopteris_thumb.jpg)
Actiniopteris australis - Eyelash Fern plug €3.00
![Asplenium scolopendrium plug plant €3.00 Asplenium scolopendrium plug plant €2.95](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/asplenium_scolopendrium_1_thumb.jpg)
Asplenium scolopendrium plug plant €3.00
![Asplenium adiantum-nigrum (Black Spleenwort) plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/1280px-Asplenium_adiantum-nigrum_01-01_1_thumb.jpg)
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum (Black Spleenwort) plug €3.00
![Athyrium filix-femina 'Fritzell's Children'- Plug €3.00 Athyrium filix-femina 'Fritzell's Children'- The Irish Tatting Fern for sale Ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Atheriumfriz_1_thumb.jpg)
Athyrium filix-femina 'Fritzell's Children'- Plug €3.00
![Athyrium nipponicum 'Burgundy Lace' plug €3.00 Athyrium nipponicum 'Burgundy Lace' for sale in Ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Athyrium_Burgundy_Lace_thumb.jpg)
Athyrium nipponicum 'Burgundy Lace' plug €3.00
![Athyrium nipponicum 'Red Beauty'- Japanese Painted Fern Plug Plant €3.00 Athyrium nipponicum 'Red Beauty' for sale in Ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/athyrium_red_beauty_thumb.jpg)
Athyrium nipponicum 'Red Beauty'- Japanese Painted Fern Plug Plant €3.00
![Blechnum brasiliense - Brazilian Tree Fern Plug €3.00 Blechnum brasiliense - Brazilian Tree Fern](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/blechnum_brasiliense_thumb.jpg)
Blechnum brasiliense - Brazilian Tree Fern Plug €3.00
![Blechnum gibbum 'Silver Lady' Dwarf Tree Fern Plug €3.00 Blechnum gibbum 'Silver Lady' Dwarf Tree Fern for sale in Ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Blechnum_gibbum_thumb.jpg)
Blechnum gibbum 'Silver Lady' Dwarf Tree Fern Plug €3.00
![Cyathea cooperi - Australian Tree Fern Plug €4.00 Cyathea cooperi - Australian Tree Fern for sale in ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Cyathea_cooperi1_thumb.jpg)
Cyathea cooperi - Australian Tree Fern Plug €4.00
![Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Polydactyla' plug €3.00 Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Polydactyla' Forked Male Fern 9cm for sale in Ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/20210525_144710_1_thumb.jpg)
Dryopteris filix-mas 'Linearis Polydactyla' plug €3.00
![Cyrtomium fortunei- Hardy Japanese Holly Fern plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Cyrtomiumfortunei_1_thumb.jpg)
Cyrtomium fortunei- Hardy Japanese Holly Fern plug €3.00
![Cyrtomium fortunei 'Clivicola' - Arching Japanese Holly Fern plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Cyrtomium_fort_clivicola_2_thumb.jpeg)
Cyrtomium fortunei 'Clivicola' - Arching Japanese Holly Fern plug €3.00
![Davallia fejeensis plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/davallia_feejensis_thumb.jpg)
Davallia fejeensis plug €3.00
![Dicksonia antarctica - Smooth Tree Fern Plug €4.00 Dicksonia antarctica - Smooth Tree Fern for sale in Ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Dicksoniaantartica_2_thumb.jpg)
Dicksonia antarctica - Smooth Tree Fern Plug €4.00
![Dryopteris affinis 'Crispa Gracilis' plug €3.00 Dryopteris affinis 'Crispa Gracilis'](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Dryopteris_congesta_3_1_thumb.jpg)
Dryopteris affinis 'Crispa Gracilis' plug €3.00
![Dryopteris x remota - Remote Wood Fern plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Dryopteris_remota1_thumb.jpg)
Dryopteris x remota - Remote Wood Fern plug €3.00
![Dryopteris erythrosora plug €3.00 Dryopteris erythrosora Rosy Buckler Fern for sale in Ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Dryopteriserythrosora_1_2_thumb.jpg)
Dryopteris erythrosora plug €3.00
![Hemionitis arifolia - Heart Fern plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Hemionitis_arifolia_cp_2_thumb.jpg)
Hemionitis arifolia - Heart Fern plug €3.00
![Microsorum musifolium 'Crocodyllus'- Crocodile Fern plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/1024px-Starr-080117-2228-Microsorum_musifolium-leaves-Home_Depot_Nursery_Kahului-Maui_24274604515_thumb.jpg)
Microsorum musifolium 'Crocodyllus'- Crocodile Fern plug €3.00
![Matteuccia struthiopteris - Shuttlecock/Ostrich Fern Plug €3.00 Matteuccia struthiopteris - Shuttlecock/Ostrich Fern hardy sale Ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Matteuccia_struthiopteris_1_1_thumb.jpg)
Matteuccia struthiopteris - Shuttlecock/Ostrich Fern Plug €3.00
![Dryopteris wallichiana - Wallich's Wood Fern Plug €3.00 Dryopteris wallichiana - Wallich's Wood Fern for sale Ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Dryopteris_wallichiana_1_thumb.jpg)
Dryopteris wallichiana - Wallich's Wood Fern Plug €3.00
![Nephrolepsis cordifolia 'Duffii'- Lemon Button Fern plug plant €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Nephrolepis_cordifolia_Duffii_kz01_1_thumb.jpg)
Nephrolepsis cordifolia 'Duffii'- Lemon Button Fern plug plant €3.00
![Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern plug plant €3.00 Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern for sale ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Onoclea_sensibilis_2_thumb.jpeg)
Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern plug plant €3.00
![Pteris argyraea (Silver Brake) plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/noimage_thumb.gif)
Pteris argyraea (Silver Brake) plug €3.00
![Pteris fauriei (Silver Lave Fern) plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/pteris_fauriei_thumb.jpg)
Pteris fauriei (Silver Lave Fern) plug €3.00
![Pyrrosia lingua 'Yabane Fu' plug €5.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/pyrosshia_lingia_yabane_Fu_thumb.jpg)
Pyrrosia lingua 'Yabane Fu' plug €5.00
![Pteris quadriaurita 'Tricolor'- Painted Brake Fern plug €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/noimage_1_thumb.gif)
Pteris quadriaurita 'Tricolor'- Painted Brake Fern plug €3.00
![Rumohra adiantiformis - Florist's Leather Fern plug plant €3.00](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Rumohra_adiantiformis_1_thumb.jpg)
Rumohra adiantiformis - Florist's Leather Fern plug plant €3.00
![Woodwardia fimbriata- Giant Chain Fern plug €3.00 Woodwardia fimbriata- Giant Chain Fern for sale in Ireland](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Woodwardiafimbriata1_thumb_1.jpg)
Woodwardia fimbriata- Giant Chain Fern plug €3.00
![Woodwardia unigemmata - Jewelled Chain Fern plug €6.00 Woodwardia unigemmata - Jewelled Chain Fern](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Woodwardia_unigemata3_thumb.jpg)
Woodwardia unigemmata - Jewelled Chain Fern plug €6.00
![5 mixed Hardy fern plug plants €12 5 mixed fern plug plants €12](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/20200723_155628_thumb.jpg)
5 mixed Hardy fern plug plants €12
![Mixed hardy fern plugs €2.50](https://amazon.clikpic.com/ShadyPlants/images/Anemone_nemorosa_Green_Fingers_1_thumb.jpg)