Dryopteris goldieana
Goldie's shield fern, Goldie's wood fern, Giant wood fern
- Height × spread
- 0.9m × 0.6m
- Position
- Part shade
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
Availability
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About this plant
A hearty and very beautiful fern that has large fronds with noticeably long tapering pinnae (the leaf clusters that are held on a single frond). They are crisply defined. The frond ends in a slender tapering tip. This deciduous fern is coloured a light fresh green. Give this handsome fern a prominent place in a cool and moist spot in a site with some shade. It can be subject to attack by slugs during spring when the fronds are unfurling.
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 0.9m
- Spread
- 0.6m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Shady court
- Sun or shade
- Likes part shade, likes light shade
- Soil type
- Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Damp and wet soil
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Deer resistant
- Walls
- East, North facing
- Deer
- May be damaged by deer, especially when young
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during drought
In drought conditions where established plants in the ground have had no water for a month, do a deep watering. If drought continues repeat after a fortnight. Plants only need watering during spring to autumn growth. Check plants in pots more often.
Established plants have a good degree of drought tolerance. Water after a prolonged period of drought. Many drought tolerant plants can rapidly revive, even when much of the foliage has died. They will respond with new growth.
Found in
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