• Image of Dryopteris bissetiana 'Jinfoshan Giant' taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
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Dryopteris bissetiana 'Jinfoshan Giant'

Jinfoshan Giant Bisset's Fern

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Item #: 6447

Zones: 5a to 9b, at least

Dormancy: Evergreen

Height: 15" tall

Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade

Origin: China

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


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Dryopteris bissetiana 'Jinfoshan Giant' is a little-known semi-evergreen fern makes a superb evergreen clump, composed of very wide green fronds that emerge with an attractive bronze coloration. Although slow-growing, Dryopteris bissetiana 'Jinfoshan Giant' is quite easy to grow when planted in an evenly moist soil, eventually forming a 15" tall x 2' wide deer-resistant clump. These offerings are spore-propagated from original spore collected by Darrell Probst from 3160' elevation near Jinfo-shan in China's Chongqing Province. This a giant form of the species, which typically