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Athyrium niponicum var. pictum

painted lady fern

RHS Award of Garden Merit

£7.99 £3.99 Buy

size:
9cm pot
available within:
2-3 days excludes weekends


  • Position: full or partial shade
  • Soil: moist, fertile, neutral to acid soil
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    This elegant, deciduous fern has deeply cut, greyish-green fronds effused with silver and purple. An excellent companion for shade-loving woodland plants it provides long-lasting foliage interest for a shady, sheltered patio or courtyard garden with moist, fertile, neutral to acid soil.

  • Garden care: Incorporate lots of well-rotted leaf mould, composted pine needles or garden compost into the planting hole. In cold areas in late autumn protect the crown of the plant with a dry mulch of straw or bracken.

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painted lady fern
  • Eventual Height: 0.3m
  • Eventual Spread: 1.5m
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