Japanese Painted Fern ( athyrium )

Japanese Painted Fern

Athyrium niponicum pictum

Awarded Perennial Plant of the Year® by the Perennial Plant Association Athyrium niponicum pictum, Japanese Painted Fern is an Oriental beauty with 12–18″ fronds that blend gray green and wine red. This most colorful of Ferns shows its markings best in partial shade and evenly moist soil. Multiple landscape use includes woodland gardens, shade gardens, rock gardens, or along streams or ponds. Japanese painted fern is a Perennial so it will come back year after year.

Mature Height : 12-18"

Mature Width 18-24"

Exposure : Full to partial shade

Hardiness Zones : 3-8