dryopteris

male fern, wood fern, buckler fern

Perfect for any shade planting, these ferns are easy to grow and many will cope with dry shade once established. An excellent foil to other plants, they have a quiet charm all of their own when the fronds unfurl in spring to reveal the fresh, divided foliage. There are many attractive forms available.

Some is evergreen and semi evergreen, others are deciduous.

Classification

  • Common Names: male fern, wood fern, buckler fern

  • Family: filix-mas

  • Variety:

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male fern

Propagation Notes

  • Plant Type: fern

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Filix-mas is more tollerant for sun and exposure. Generally likes moist soil in shade and appreciate yearly application of organic material. once establishded, some can tollerate trier soil

2021-10-01: Last year and the year before, we bought in many ferns, most did not survive. I am still trying to work out what went wrong. I think mostly, the ferns where too exposed, and the first winter killed them off.

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Fern in pot

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Fern

dryopteris erythrosora fern

bought in Foliage is coppery red when young, maturing to dark green height 60cm Clump forming

Classification

  • Common Names: dryopteris erythrosora fern

  • Family:

  • Variety: erythrosora

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dryopteris

Propagation Notes

  • Plant Type: fern

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  • Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)

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Suited to humus rich, moist soil in partial shade

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Dryopteris Wallichiana Fern

A deciduous or semi-evergreen fern, forming tufts of erect, lance-shaped, bipinnatifid fronds, bright yellowish-green when young, clothed with blackish-brown scales on the stalk and midrib

Classification

  • Common Names: Dryopteris Wallichiana Fern

  • Family:

  • Variety: Wallichiana

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Dryopteris wallichiana example

Propagation Notes

  • Plant Type: fern

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