Fern Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'

Genus: Dryopteris

Botanical name: Dryopteris erythrosora

Cultivar:'Brilliance'

Common name: Japanese Wood Fern

Origin: Japan

Height: 60 cm

Evergreen

Pot size: 2 litres

Eye catching fern that provides colourful ground cover with pink fiddleheads that turn coppery orange as they unfurl. The mature fronds are a deep, glossy green, then autumn brings bright red sori (spores) on the undersides of the fronds. Spreads by short, rhizomatous roots. Always popular.