Dryopteris stewartii - Wood Fern

<strong><a href="https://en.promessedefleurs.eu/perennials/ferns/ferns-by-variety/dryopteris.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The </a><em>Dryopteris </em>are superb ferns that form clumps of upright, arching fronds.</strong> They are remarkably elegant and architectural. They can be deciduous or evergreen, depending on species and climate. In spring they produce superb croziers that unfurl to reveal majestic fronds. There are 300 species, some of which grow wild in France, in our forests. Among them, <a href="https://en.promessedefleurs.eu/perennials/ferns/ferns-by-variety/dryopteris/dryopteris-filix-mas-male-fern.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Dryopteris filix-mas</em></a>, or male fern, is a robust species with large, green, deciduous fronds. In the garden, other Dryopteris are very interesting for their colours, such as <a href="https://en.promessedefleurs.eu/perennials/ferns/ferns-by-variety/dryopteris/dryopteris-erythrosora-copper-fern.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Dryopteris erythrosora</em></a>, which in spring takes on coppery-pink tones. <a href="https://en.promessedefleurs.eu/perennials/ferns/ferns-by-variety/dryopteris/dryopteris-wallichiana-wood-fern.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Dryopteris wallichiana</em></a>, meanwhile, bears glossy green fronds contrasted by a brown central axis (rachis). <strong>Dryopteris are robust and very hardy plants.</strong> They are fairly easy to grow and are rarely diseased or attacked by pests. <b>They thrive in cool, shaded conditions</b>, sheltered from scorching sun, in light, humus-bearing soil. They are ideal for planting in the understorey, in a very natural garden, but also in a shaded rockery or around a pond. They also find a place in mixed borders. They bring a lush, very green and architectural effect to the garden. They help create a plant backdrop that sets off more colourful flowering.