Dryopteris championii ~ Champion's Wood Fern
Dryopteris championii ~ Champion's Wood Fern
Dryopteris championii ~ Champion's Wood Fern
Dryopteris championii ~ Champion's Wood Fern
Dryopteris championii ~ Champion's Wood Fern
Dryopteris championii ~ Champion's Wood Fern
Dryopteris championii ~ Champion's Wood Fern
Dryopteris championii ~ Champion's Wood Fern

Dryopteris championii

Champion's Wood Fern

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**Dormancy Note - This plant may be currently dormant for the fall/winter! It is still available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Champion’s Wood Fern is an evergreen fern that grows in upright clumps and have red-brown scales covering the stipe and rachis.  The arching bipinnate fronds are a glossy dark green year-round.  Thrives in rich, moist soils with bright shade.  Tolerates drought once established.

Type: 

Fern

Origins:

Japan, Korea and China

Height: 

2' - 3’

Spread: 

2’ - 3’

Spacing: 

2’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

5 - 8

Culture: 

Part Sun, Full Shade

Bloom Color: 

N/A

Season of Interest: 

Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. It can tolerate wet soils and heavy shade. Protect from winds.  No serious disease or pest issues.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Garden, Rock Gardens, Native Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Pond Edges, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Coral Bells, Lungwort, Leopard Plant

IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Dryopteris championii 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Dryopteris championii 2zz, CC BY-SA 4.0

 *As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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Dryopteris championii ~ Champion's Wood Fern

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