Japanese Painted Fern
| Botanical Name: | Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' |
| Category: | Shade Perennials |
| Height: | 12-18" + |
| Spread: | 12-18' + |
| Exposure: | Light Shade to Shade |
| Care: | Cut to ground in Fall or Early Spring before new growth emerges |
| Deer Resistant: | Y |
| Description: | Light up a semi-shady area with this easy to grow fern. Clump forming, deciduous. Silvery grey metallic fronds have a burgundy red midrib. Excellent contrast plant. 2004 Perennial Plant of the Year. A must for any shade garden that has a spot with a little filtered light or morning sun. Likes some moisture, but does not need wet soil. |
List of Shade Perennials
Autumn Fern
Bishop's Hat, Barrenwort, Epimedium
Bowle's Golden Sedge
Brunnera, False Forget-me-not, Siberian Bugloss
Cinnamon Fern
Coral Bells
Dead Nettle
Evergold Sedge
Fanal Astilbe, Fanal False Spirea
Ferns
Fire and Ice Hosta, Fire and Ice Plantain Lily
Frances Williams Hosta, Frances Williams Plantain Lily
Great Expectations Hosta, Great Expectations Plantain Lily
Green Spice Coral Bells
Hardy Begonia
Heartleaf Bergenia, Pigsqueak
Hostas, Plantain Lilies
Japanese Beech Fern
Lady's Mantle
Lenten Rose
Lungwort
Luxuriant Bleeding Heart, Fringed Bleeding Heart
Maidenhair Fern
Mourning Widow Cranesbill Geranium
Obsidian Coral Bells
Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart
Ostrich Fern
Patriot Hosta, Patriot Plantain Lily
Paul's Glory Hosta, Paul's Glory Plantain Lily
Peach Blossom Astilbe, Peach Blossom False Spirea
Rheinland Astilbe, Rheinland False Spirea
Robb's Wood Spurge
Splendid Chinese Wild Ginger
Stormy Seas Coral Bells
Sweet Woodruff
Variegated Solomon's Seal
Virginia Bluebells