Collection: Fern & Tree Fern Seeds

Explore our range of fern seeds and tree fern seeds, giving growers the chance to raise ferns of every kind from spore. A quick note for growers: ferns do not produce seeds — they reproduce from spores, and our fern “seed” listings are in fact fern spores, listed here for consistency with the rest of the seed catalogue. Growing ferns from spore is a fascinating and rewarding process that gives access to rare species rarely offered as plants.

Our range spans elegant hardy and tropical ferns for shade and greenhouse, alongside the magnificent tree ferns — arborescent species such as Dicksonia, Cyathea, Alsophila and Cibotium that form trunks and lush, spreading crowns, prized as architectural specimens in sheltered and subtropical gardens.

Popular fern and tree fern genera offered from spore include:

• Dicksonia, Cyathea and Alsophila — the classic tree ferns
• Cibotium and Angiopteris — bold, exotic large ferns
• Adiantum, Asplenium and Blechnum — graceful hardy and greenhouse ferns
• Platycerium, Davallia and Didymochlaena — choice collector ferns

All of our spores are carefully sourced and shipped worldwide with the appropriate documentation. Whether you are an experienced fern specialist or sowing your first tree fern spores, Botanical Archive is a trusted source of rare fern and tree fern material. Browse the collection below and explore by genus.

Looking for established plants instead? See our ferns.