Dryopteris wallichiana is a semi-evergreen fern, forming tufts of erect, lance-shaped, bipinnatifid fronds, bright yellowish-green when young, clothed with blackish-brown scales on the stalk and midrib.
One of the more striking ferns with its very black scales on the stalk and midrib.
Hardiness: Very hardy fern.
RHS AGM 1993