DRYOPTERIS AUSTRALIS / DIXIE WOOD-Dixie Wood FernDixie Wood Fern Adds height to your garden Beautiful green colors Tolerant to dry conditions Loves the shade Category: Perennial Hardiness Zone: 5 8 Height: 4 5 ft Spread: 2 3 ft Bloom Color: Non Flowering Foliage Color: Green Shades Looking for some height in your shaded woodland garden? Dixie Wood Fern is a very rare native, a naturally occurring hybrid between two Dryopteris varieties that results in a brawny, beautiful Fern that features large,

white flowers that fill the air with their light fragrance

The flowers are arranged in sprays and the spent petals always fall cleanly from the plant

This purple variety has clusters of large sterile lavender-purple flowers that resemble pompoms for up to 8 weeks throughout the summer

Attributes-Dark

glossy foliage

Attributes-Sugary sweet leaves

2" double flowers borne in clusters

And about that southern sounding name

a claim among other like Thuja that is often made but less often truly borne out

By late spring

Attributes-Strong citrus-rose fragrance

Dark green