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- Dryopteris erythrosora
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 5a to 8b
- Many consider autumn fern to be the finest landscape fern available. Its beautiful color and attractive, upright growth habit combine to form a beautiful evergreen fern that is perfect for shady landscapes. It makes a great center plant for containers when combined with fall color. Although they are drought-tolerant, autumn ferns prefer consistently moist acidic soils in part to full shade. Drought- and rabbit-resistant.
- Georgia Gold Medal Winner, 2001
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- Christmas Fern
- Southern Wood Fern, Southern Shield Fern
- Ferns - Perennials
- Growth Size: Medium Plant - 18 to 30 inches tall, 18 to 30 inches wide
- Growth Habit: Arching - Vase Shaped
- Features: Excellent Foliage Color, Fine-textured Foliage, Naturalizes Well
- Dry Shade, Rabbit Resistant, Disease Resistant, Heat Tolerant, Tolerates Wide Range of Moisture Levels
- Attracts:
- Garden Ideas:
- Shade, Woodland Shade
- Flower features:
- that bloom in
- Foliage type and color: Evergreen, Dark Green
- Landscape Uses: Beds, Grouping, Naturalizing
- Accent, Border, Container, Mass Planting, Ground Cover
- Autumn Fern is a Low maintenance plant
- Growth Size: Medium Plant - 18 to 30 inches tall, 18 to 30 inches wide
- Growth Rate: Medium
- Spacing: 2-3 ft apart
- Exposure: Partial Shade to Full Shade
- Watering: Average Evenly Moist Wet to Dry
- Soil Types: Slightly Acidic to Neutral Moist, well-drained Enriched with organic matter
- General Plant Care: Garden debris needs to be cleaned away from the base of ferns periodically. Irrigation should be applied to roots and not fronds if possible.
- General Planting Tips: Ferns need both moisture and drainage. To improve drainage, work the soil well and deep with organic matter - compost, rotted leaves, coarse pine bark - raising the bed at least 3 inches above soil level. Ferns should be planted shallowly, taking care to keep the crown slightly above the surrounding soil. A small amount of time-release fertilizer can be applied when planting in spring, before the Application of a good, rich organic mulch 2inches deep will help keep the soil moist. Take care to keep the mulch away from the crown of the fern.
- General Fertilizing Tips: Ferns planted properly in soil rich with organic matter do not require supplemental fertilizer. Maintain the proper amount of organic matter by adding chopped leaves as a mulch around the plant each year.
- General Pruning suggestions: Not usually needed, best left unpruned
