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Dryopteris Fern Plant - Description
- Potted Dryopteris Fern Plants
- Dryopteris 'Erythrosora'
- Japanese Shield Fern
- Semi Evergreen Plant
- Retains Foliage in Winter
- Foliage Turns Brown in Winter
- Potted Plant
- Pot Size: 2 Litre Pot
Dryopteris Fern Plant - Characteristics
- Plant Type: Semi-evergreen perennial
- Fully Grown Size: 75 - 100cm
- Habit: Clump forming with open, arching shape
- Exotic & ancient plants with distinctive pointed fronds
- Foliage colour: Lime green fronds turn bronze & then brown
- No flower but spores develop on underside of fronds in late Summer
- Sow: All year round
- Hardiness: Hardy
Dryopteris Fern Plant - Uses
- Great in shaded areas
- Suited to a woodland theme
- Also suited to a modern or contemporary garden
- Plant with native geraniums, epimedium, cyclamen & asplenium ferns
- Excellent plants for beds, containers & herbaceous borders
- Suited to partial shade & full shade.
- Avoid full sun
- Ferns contrast very well with other garden plants & flowers
- Plant among plants with bold foliage
Dryopteris Fern Plant - Planting Instructions
- Soak pots in water before sowing
- Choose a location
- Grow in shade or part shade
- Deep, fertile soil that is well drained
- Avoid dry soils
- Spacing: 75cm apart
- Prepare bed by digging over soil & adding fertilizer or manure
- Dig hole roughly twice the size of the plant pot
- Handle pots with care
- Squeeze side of pots to remove plant
- Firm in well
- Soak soil well after planting
- Feed every 2 to 3 weeks
- Can lift & divide clumps every 3 years
