Buy Dryopteris lepidopoda

Also Known As

Dryopteris Leptapoda
Sunset Fern

Plant type

fern

size

H: 12"-24"
W: 12"-24"

planting zones

6a-9b

1 gallon bagged root ball | $21

Ships UPS, flat charge based on order total

30 at Gossler Farms

3/4 gallon pot-bare root | $12

Ships as soon as new growth is hardened off

Fewer than 18 at Sebright Gardens

3" pot | $13

Ships USPS, based on weight/location

Fewer than 19 at Secret Garden Growers

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Dryopteris lepidopoda plant details

Dryopteris lepidopoda is an evergreen or semi-evergreen fern with green foliage. Grows well with dappled shade - shade and even moisture water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Dryopteris lepidopoda

Plant type: fern
Plant family: dryopteridaceae
Foliage: evergreen or semi-evergreen green
Mature size: 12 IN - 24 IN - wide, 12 IN - 24 IN - tall
Uses: container plant, woodland garden, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Dryopteris lepidopoda

USDA Zones: 6a - 9b
Sun exposure: dappled shade - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture
Resistant to: deer and rabbit, verticillium wilt
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Smaller than D. wallichiana (12”-18”) and has bronze new fronds through the summer. A beautiful fern through all seasons.

By: Gossler Farms

(Sunset Fern) Stunning spring fronds unfurl in crazy shades of coppery pink and orange red on this evergreen beauty (can you say ‘plants on fire??’)…fading to glossy olive-green. Mounds 2’ high and wide. Typical fern culture, moist, organic soil in part to full shade.

By: Secret Garden Growers

Zn 5. Brick-red fronds in spring. Semi evergreen.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

Fronds emerge in rich decorative hues of salmon, orange, pink & deep rose that subside to warm green; A jewel for average soil. Plant in in low sun to full shade & moist, well drained soil. Zone 6 to 9. Height: 24” to 30” tall. Evergreen.

By: Sebright Gardens

A deer resistant fern from the Himalayas, to 1 ft tall in clumps to about 2 ft wide, with upright, slightly arching fronds beginning red-bronze over green as they unfurl in spring adding new fronds throughout the season and bringing color to the shady garden. Fine in morning sun to full shade where soil is rich and fertile with regular water in summer. Trim old fronds in winter before new growth appears. Frost hardy in USDA zone 6.

By: Cistus Nursery

This rare and striking 1-2' fern of the Himalayas emerges covered with black scales ; unfolds coppery-bronze before maturing to deep green; an erect, arching, crown-forming fern. SPh-Shade/Med(notdry)/acid

By: Forestfarm

New fronds are glossy orange-red and mature a bright green. Continues pushing new fronds throughout the growing season.

By: Bloom River Gardens

Semi-evergreen. This is a fern of mountainous areas with broad, lance shaped blades. The coiled, young fronds, or fiddleheads, are covered with small, dark brown or black scales. The young fronds emerge a coppery-bronze and mature to dark green, 12-24". Prefers loamy, acid soil and filtered light.