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Product Description
Genus: Dryopteris
Botanical name: Dryopteris wallichiana
Common name: Wallich's Wood Fern
Origin: Central Asia, Hawaii, Mexico and elsewhere
Height: 150cm
Pot Size: sent in a two litre pot
A regal specimen of upright fronds with brown hairy midribs. Rachis (stalk) is noticeably dark, often with black scales which is particularly striking against the emerging yellowish-green fronds. Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854) was a Danish botanist, author, and curator of Calcutta Botanic Garden.
Deciduous.
Care: Keep moist, but well drained. Happy in dry shade once established.
A regal specimen of upright fronds with brown hairy midribs. Rachis (stalk) is noticeably dark, often with black scales which is particularly striking against the emerging yellowish-green fronds. Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854) was a Danish botanist, author, and curator of Calcutta Botanic Garden.
Deciduous.
Care: Keep moist, but well drained. Happy in dry shade once established.
