Autumn Fern

COMMON NAME: Japanese shield fern

BOTANICAL NAME: Dryopteris Erythrosora

PLANT TYPE: PERENNIAL

SUN EXPOSURE: Part / Full Shade

AVERAGE SIZE: 1.5-2'

COLD HARDINESS: USDA Zone 5

DESCRIPTION: An arching, evergreen (semi-evergreen in cold winter climates) fern that grows in a vase-shaped clump to 2' tall and as wide. It is native to woodland hillsides and mountain slopes in Japan, China and Taiwan. New fronds unfurl in striking shades of orange-red to copper-pink before eventually maturing to glossy deep green by summer. Triangular, bi-pinnate fronds grow to as much as 2' long. Young sori are covered by bright red indusia.

Available in 4.5" pots.