| Scientific Name: | Dryopteris dilatata 'Jimmy Dyce' |
| Common Name: | Jimmy's upright broad buckler fern |
| Family Name: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Fern |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Container planting, Filler, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic |
| Leaves: | Compound, Fern-like, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Tripinnate, Oblong, Ovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | |
| Fruit: | Sporangium (spores), Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Dark green frond is more dissected (pinnae are like mini fronds) and has a double row of tan sori that look like tiny spiders. | |