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Autumn Fern | Dryopteris Erythrosora 'Koidzumiana'

Autumnal shades all year round

Grown by Jack

Hereford

Plant in a 1L Pot

£8

In stock

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The highlights

  • Fronds turn through red, orange, copper and gold before maturing to green
  • Grow in pots or a shady woodland border
  • Compact and neat form, growing to 50x50cm
  • Easy to grow, with no pruning needed

Description

  • Fabulous colour changing fern with fronds that emerge red-orange and turn through pink, gold and copper before finally maturing to green
  • Perfect as a groundcover or for underplanting trees and shrubs, Dryopteris will spread naturally without being invasive
  • A hardy, low maintenance perennial plant which grows up to 50cm high and wide, and is unbothered by pests and diseases
  • Suitable for growing in pots
  • No pruning needed
  • A woodland classic which loves a position in dappled shade and is drought tolerant when mature - for the best colour, plant in acidic soil

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Potted plant
Plant in 1 Litre pot

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

50cm

Eventual spread:

50cm
Spreads approx 50cm

Time to first crop:

Habit:

Clump forming
Forms neat clumps of foliage

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
H5 - hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)

Rootstock:

Spacing:

50cm
Plant 50cm apart to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Excellent pest and disease resistance

Generally pest and disease free

Water regularly when new

Water regularly for the first year - after this, water only in hot dry weather

Full to partial shade

Ferns do best in a sheltered spot in the dappled shade filtered through trees

Any fertile, well-drained soil

Ferns prefer fertile, well-drained soil but will be fine in any normal well-drained soil. If your soil is particularly poor or clay heavy, add some garden compost with perlite to improve drainage.

Feeding not required

This plant doesn't need feeding - you could add some mulch after planting if desired.

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Hereford

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Perennials born in Herefordshire, blooming in your garden

Our perennials start life in the rolling Herefordshire hills, where Jack and his team trial over 250 new varieties each year to bring you the best performing and most sustainable plants in the UK. With over forty years of excellence, it’s no surprise that they’ve won the HTA Plant Grower of the Year award two years running.

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