Fern Dryopteris Erythrosora (Copper Sheild Fern) in a 3 Litre Pot – Colourful Foliage – Provides shelter for Wildlife

Detailed Description

A semi-evergreen fern to 75cm, forming a compact clump of broadly ovate, bipinnatifid fronds, often coppery-pink when young. Spore-heaps also often pink.

They like a shady spot in well drained soil

• Herbaceous Perennial Plant
• Eventual Height up to 50cm
• Shade
• Attractive to wildlife/ Pollinators – Provide food and shelter for wildlife
• Flowering time – May – October
• Drought Tolerant once established – Prefer shady area
• Colourful Foliage

• Hardiness H3

All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

• H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
• H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 – 15)
• H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 – 10)
• H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
• H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
• H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
• H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
• H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
• H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)

Our plants are supplied as fully grown plants, grown in a 3 Litre pot size, the pot has a 19cm diameter.