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Autumn Fern
Dryopteris erythrosora
Autumn Fern is a slow-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 5-8, that matures to about 1.5-2.5 ft × 1.5-2.5 ft. It does best in part shade and full shade with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. It stands up well to deer, drought and dry soil, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 5-8
- Sun
- Part shade, Full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 1.5-2.5 ft × 1.5-2.5 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Dry soil, Rabbits, Pollution
- Native to
- Eastern Asia
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