Dryopteris wallichiana
(Alpine Wood Fern)
Family - Dryopteridaceae
Category - Fern
Origin - North East Asia
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 90cm or more
Width - 75cm or more
Location - The Spring Garden, The Stumpery
Description: A semi-Evergreen shuttlecock-type fern with a tufted habit. Upright sword-shaped fronds are bipinnate with oval to oblong pinnae (leaflets). The new growth emerges yellow-green in spring and matures to mid-green. The stalks and midribs of the fronds are covered in coarse brown hairs. Each frond can reach to 90cm or more in height, occasionally to 1.8m.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Additional common name - Wallich's Wood Fern
Flower:
Ivory white to pale yellow sori are produced on the undersides of the pinnae.
Foliage:
Upright sword-shaped fronds are bipinnate with oblong to oval pinnae (leaflets). The new fronds emerge yellow-green in spring and turn to mid-green with age. The stalks and midribs of the leaves are covered in coarse brown hairs.
Foliage Senescence: Semi-evergreen
Foliage Shape: Bipinnate with oblong to oval pinnae
Propagation:
Division, spores.
Cultivation:
Best in partial shade to shade in moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.