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Dryopteris sieboldii
Siebold's Wood Fern is a hardy, deciduous-to-semi-evergreen fern from Japan and southern China, grown in shady gardens for its tidy, arching fronds. Keep it in moist, well-drained, humus-rich soil in shade and it is very low-maintenance.
Dryopteris sieboldii is a species of fern in the family Dryopteridaceae, native to Japan and south-central and southeast China. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dryopteris sieboldii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
