![]() ![]() They prefer anywhere from part sun to full shade and will develop better color with ample light exposure. Most of the plants in the trade circulating as D. As if all this display were not enough it produces bright red sori on the frond reverse in late summer. 'Brilliance' is an evergreen fern with bronze-coloured new fronds in spring and particularly bright orange-red ripe spores on the undersides of the leaves in autumn. Cold weather brings a hint of russet to this peerless evergreen. Exotic red to coppery-pink croziers unroll into pinkish honey-green fleshy fronds which mature to a rich leathery green. erythrosora: A spectacular and reliable fern from Japan which more than lives up to its pseudonym with a sensational display of color. It still sports the same intense pink, red and orange hues on the new growth when developing fronds are exposed to ample light, and literally the only discernible morphological difference is the color of the sori. This has become very popular in the trade, but the name is somewhat confusing as it suggests that somehow the color of the foliage is different or more intense than the traditional Autumn Fern, but this is not the case at all. Its common name ‘Brilliance Autumn Fern’ refers to the lustrous orange color of the newly emerging. Dryopteris erythrosora Brilliance This highly adaptable fern is perfectly feature in woodland or Japanese gardens, where in mild climates it is evergreen. erythrosora, and this is actually a subspecies that has had a cultivar name applied to it. (Brilliance Autumn Fern) Dryopteris ‘Brilliance’ is rapidly becoming one of the most popular garden ferns. ![]() This is another form of the ever-popular Autumn Fern with one very slight difference: the spore casings on the backside of the fronds, known as sori, appear white instead of the typical red that is characteristic of D. ![]()
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