Dryopteris erythrosora Size:17cm / 2L The hardiest banana for UK

The hardiest banana for UK gardens

and coral before gradually transitioning to green as the leaves mature

but commonly sold under the names Labisia and Miconia

where it grows in rocky soils and dry grasslands

Dryopteris erythrosora Size:17cm / 2L The hardiest banana for UKDryopteris erythrosora, the autumn fern or copper shield fern, is one of the most colourful hardy ferns you can grow, and a standout in our Hardy Exotics range. Where most ferns offer cool greens, this Japanese species opens each spring with vivid coppery pink and bronze new fronds that glow against shady planting. As the season turns they mature to a deep, glossy green, before warm coppery tints return in autumn, earning the plant its common name.