About
This tufted fern produces a rosette of gracefully arching fronds, which are narrow and ovate in shape. The fronds feature crisp, sharply serrated segments that are either triangular or fan-shaped, creating a delicate, lace-like look.
About the genus
Athyrium comprises deciduous ferns characterized by their upright or spreading rhizomes, which support typically pinnate to tripinnate fronds that are often thin in texture. These ferns are particularly well-suited for shaded environments.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full shade, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- North-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Ferns
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, Rock garden, City and courtyard gardens
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Easy to grow in fertile, moist neutral to acid soil, enriched with leaf mould or garden compost in a sheltered shady site
- Pruning
- Dead or damaged fronds may be removed as necessary
- Propagation
- Propagate by sowing spores (one of the few lady fern cultivars to largely come true from spores) in mid to late summer or by division in spring
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free outdoors
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free outdoors