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Beaded Wood Fern

Dryopterisbissetiana

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Genus

Dryopteris (dry-OP-ter-iss)

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Species

bissetiana (bis-set-ee-AY-na)

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Synonym

Dryopteris varia var. setosa

Sun Exposure

Light Shade

Foliage

Grown for foliage

Evergreen

Height

12-18 in. (30-45 cm)

18-24 in. (45-60 cm)

Spacing

9-12 in. (22-30 cm)

Hardiness

USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F)

USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)

USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)

USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F)

USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F)

USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F)

USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)

USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)

USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)

USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)

Danger

Unknown - Tell us

Bloom Color

Inconspicuous/none

Bloom Time

N/A

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macybee

Deer Park, TX (Zone 9a) | June 2007 | neutral

The info on this fern says consistently moist soil.
I hardly, if ever water mine and they are doing just fine.
One of those...Read More Lazy Gardeners!

Cretaceous

El Sobrante, CA (Zone 9b) | June 2007 | neutral

Native to Korea, Japan, and China.

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