Athyrium nipponicum 'Picta' ~ Silver Japanese Painted Fern
Athyrium nipponicum 'Picta' ~ Silver Japanese Painted Fern
Athyrium nipponicum 'Picta' ~ Silver Japanese Painted Fern
Athyrium nipponicum 'Picta' ~ Silver Japanese Painted Fern

Athyrium niponicum 'Picta'

Silver Japanese Painted Fern

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**Dormancy Note - This plant may be currently dormant for the fall/winter! It is still available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Silver Japanese Painted Fern is a beautiful deciduous fern with a hand-painted appearance.  The arching grey-green fronds are highlighted with pronounce silver giving it a metallic sheen, and often flushed with burgundy in the center that matches the stems.  Best frond color in part shade and rich, moist well-drained soils.  Deer resistant.  

*Deciduous ferns may still be dormant until late spring. This will appear like we've delivered a pot full of dirt however a healthy, robust fern is awaiting inside.

Type: 

Fern

Height: 

1.5' - 2'

Spread: 

1.5' - 2'

Spacing: 

1.5'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 9 

Culture: 

Part Sun, Full Shade

Bloom Color: 

N/A

Season of Interest: 

Multi-Seasonal

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant.  Will turn brown if soil dries out. 

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Ponds and Streams, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Coral Bells, Hosta, Heucherella

IMAGES: Photo by cultivar413, CBG Fruit Veg Island, (2) Stan Shebs, Athyrium niponicum pictum 2, CC BY-SA 3.0

* As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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Athyrium nipponicum 'Picta' ~ Silver Japanese Painted Fern

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