{"product_id":"dryopteris-dilatata-lepidota-cristata","title":"Dryopteris dilatata 'Lepidota Cristata'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDryopteris dilatata\u003c\/em\u003e 'Lepidota Cristata'\u003c\/strong\u003e is the broad buckler fern redrawn in lace. Every frond is finely divided into narrow segments, and every frond tip and side branch ends in a neat crest, so the whole rosette reads like a mound of dark green parsley. It is a celebrated selection of a British native fern and holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Older catalogues sell it as \u003cem\u003eDryopteris austriaca\u003c\/em\u003e; that name is a synonym of \u003cem\u003edilatata\u003c\/em\u003e, and this is the same plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness and seasons.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rated H6 by the RHS, hardy anywhere in the UK to around -20C. Semi-evergreen: the rosette often holds into winter in milder gardens, and reddish-scaled croziers rebuild it fully each spring. It reaches its mature size fast, in 2 to 5 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the garden.\u003c\/strong\u003e Compact at around 45cm, so it fits where bigger ferns cannot: shaded \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003epots\u003c\/a\u003e, the front of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/plants-for-shade\"\u003eshade plantings\u003c\/a\u003e and underplanting between larger \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/exotic-border-plants\"\u003eexotic border plants\u003c\/a\u003e. Give it humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in part shade and it asks for nothing more than a spring tidy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"11cm \/ 0.75L","offer_id":59086569832831,"sku":"DRYOAUSTLEPICRIS11","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/dryopteris-dilatata-lepidota-cristata.jpg?v=1793964904","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/dryopteris-dilatata-lepidota-cristata","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}