Autumn Fern
Dryopteris erythrosora
Bold and beautiful choice for shady borders and woodland gardens. A dwarf-growing fern with young papery fronds that display coppery-red color, maturing to deep green and deeply cut. Spreads by underground stems.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | drye-OPP-ter-iss ehr-ith-roh-SO-ra |
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant type: | Fern |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full shade |
| Sunset climate zones: | 4 - 9, 14 - 28, 31, 32 |
| Water Needs: | Needs wet or constantly moist soil. |
| Average landscape size: | Grows to 1 1/2 to 2 ft. tall and 18 in. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Special features: | Dwarf Plant, Easy Care |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Woodland Garden |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 3624 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed frequently during growing season with a general purpose fertilizer. Cut back old fronds after new growth begins in spring.
Design Ideas
A low-growing frilly Fern that behaves like a groundcover due to its spreading habit. Use to cover barren spots in shaded gardens or add to shade compositions that need a little seasonal color. Drought resistant, it is a labor saver in courtyards and atriums.
History
This plant has been shuffled about in classification and nomenclature far less than most of its confused kin. To start it is grouped with the ferns into the Polypodiaceae. This genus, Dryopteris, is credited to French botanist Michel Adanson, 1727-1806. It contains about 150 species of temperate and tropical origins, and these have been regrouped by some references into a number of other genera, such as Aspidium, and Thelypteris. This species is native to an enormous range of China and Japan. It may be synonymous with D. chrysoloba due to minor distinctions between the species. The species classification is attributed to Daniel Cady Eaton, 1834-1895, the noted American fern expert and professor at Yale University.
Bold and beautiful choice for shady borders and woodland gardens. A dwarf-growing fern with young papery fronds that display coppery-red color, maturing to deep green and deeply cut. Spreads by underground stems.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed frequently during growing season with a general purpose fertilizer. Cut back old fronds after new growth begins in spring.
Design Ideas
A low-growing frilly Fern that behaves like a groundcover due to its spreading habit. Use to cover barren spots in shaded gardens or add to shade compositions that need a little seasonal color. Drought resistant, it is a labor saver in courtyards and atriums.
History
This plant has been shuffled about in classification and nomenclature far less than most of its confused kin. To start it is grouped with the ferns into the Polypodiaceae. This genus, Dryopteris, is credited to French botanist Michel Adanson, 1727-1806. It contains about 150 species of temperate and tropical origins, and these have been regrouped by some references into a number of other genera, such as Aspidium, and Thelypteris. This species is native to an enormous range of China and Japan. It may be synonymous with D. chrysoloba due to minor distinctions between the species. The species classification is attributed to Daniel Cady Eaton, 1834-1895, the noted American fern expert and professor at Yale University.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | drye-OPP-ter-iss ehr-ith-roh-SO-ra |
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant type: | Fern |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full shade |
| Sunset climate zones: | 4 - 9, 14 - 28, 31, 32 |
| Water Needs: | Needs wet or constantly moist soil. |
| Average landscape size: | Grows to 1 1/2 to 2 ft. tall and 18 in. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Special features: | Dwarf Plant, Easy Care |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Woodland Garden |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 3624 |
