Botanical Name: Dryopteris erythrosora
Common Name: Autumn fern
Type of Plant: fern: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape Upright clumping fern with fine-textured fronds which appear in coppery red to brownish green throughout the year
Height to 2'
Spread to 2'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors partial to full shade
Soil prefers a well-amended, organically improved soil
Hardiness Hardy; Zones 2-9; 14-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves Fronds to 18" long, 9" across; bipinnately compound, pinnules are pinnatifid and lightly toothed; fronds first appear reddish, then darken
Flowers none
Fruit round sori which are brilliant red when young
 
Propagation:
spore, division
 
Usage:
filler used for foliage, which has a coppery red color when young turning greenish brown when mature; used in temperate, forest style landscapes, under trees, etc.
 
Landscape Care:
Watering likes regular watering, not drought-tolerant
Fertilizing low-nitrogen fertilizer in spring
Pruning remove dead fronds
Pests/Diseases none major
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: China and Japan
Family: Polypodiaceae

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