Dryopteris ferns are mostly deciduous but in mild winters most do stay green in sheltered sites. They bear pinnate to 4 pinnate fronds, they produc...
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Dryopteris ferns are mostly deciduous but in mild winters most do stay green in sheltered sites , they produce kidney shaped spores. The foliage lo...
View full detailsDryopteris are tufted ferns that can be evergreen, semi evergreen or deciduous. They do go by a few different names such as Male fern, basket fern or shield fern.
They have beautiful tactile foliage and are used for adding structure to the borders.
Dryopteris will grow to around 1.5 meters tall and 1 meter wide if left untouched
Dryopteris are perfect for shaded areas of the garden, under planting trees. They do look well in cottage gardens with the airy perennials surrounding them. Or rockeries.
Ferns are a really volatile shrub that are perfect in most garden locations
Easy to grow but needs to be kept well-watered at first till it gets established also benefits from a good mulching in its first season, very good to grow in the shade
Pruning is not required unless you are removing dead leaves
