Japanese Painted Fern
Athyrium niponicum
Japanese Painted Fern is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and colour all season long.
Bloom time
Foliage plant
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Sun
Part shade
Water
Moderate water
Mature size
0.4 m × 0.5 m
Type
Fern
Growing Japanese Painted Fern
Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–8. Expect it to reach about 0.4 m tall and 0.5 m wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years.
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