Athyrium niponicum 'Picta' ~ Silver Japanese Painted Fern

Athyrium niponicum 'Picta' ~ Silver Japanese Painted FernSilver 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 that we've delivered a pot full of dirt

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 that we've delivered a pot full of dirt however a healthy robust fern is awaiting inside.

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.