species
Dryopteris filix-mas
Male fern
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Dryopteris filix-mas belongs to the family Dryopteridaceae, also known as Male fern, native to the UK. It reaches 1.2 m tall and 1 m across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or shade, on loam, clay or peat soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist conditions, and suits sheltered positions. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.2 m tall × 1 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Peat
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Native
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