DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS EUXINENSIS - A STANDOUT FERN

To think that I used to grow Dryopteris filix-mas Euxinensis in a pot!  It's grown into quite a specimen now and a little incongruous as it is on the corner between small lawn and a small patio.  It must be 3ft (90cm) tall and almost as wide, but it's a fantastic specimen and, at a glance, you could be mistaken for thinking it's a conifer. I might consider moving it at some point, if I could think of a place where it could go and be equally as happy, and if I thought I could do it and not kill it in the process.

Dryopteris filix-mas Euxinensis

Dryopteris filix-mas Euxinensis
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As it matured the  Dryopteris filix-mas Euxinensis fern began splitting at the end of the fronds.  I think now that it looks really good!


Dryopteris filix-mas Euxinensis, splitting at ends of fronds



Below, Dryopteris filix-mas Euxinensis formerly grown in a pot.