Painted Lady Fern
Athyrium
Lady Fern
Our highly ornamental offerings of this genus fashion remarkable fronds sprouting from a deciduous clump that relishes shady damp recesses. Old leaves can be left standing throughout the winter and cut back in the spring, just after the new ones burst forth.
A dazzling lacy delicacy for the shadows, this bold deciduous Terra Nova introduction initially unfurls curving lance-shaped burgundy-violet fronds brightened by mercury-hued streaks along the veins and the tips. The graceful, yet tenacious clump matures with prominent purple mid-ribs set against a lustrous silvery-green foil. Tolerant of deer, rabbits, most diseases, wet soil and clay, ‘Burgundy Lace’ can be featured in borders, wooded plantings, cottage gardens and containers plus along streams or ponds, where it enjoys shade, good drainage, adequate moisture and fertile, organically rich abodes. (PP#15,072)
Size: 18" – 2' 0" high x 18" – 2' 0" wide.
Hardy to zone 5.
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Other selections in this genus:
- Athyrium filix-femina ‘Lady in Red’
- Athyrium filix-femina ‘Victoriae’
- Athyrium ‘Ghost’
- Athyrium niponicum ‘Metallicum’
- Athyrium niponicum var. pictum
- Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Apple Court’
- Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Red Beauty’
- Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Regal Red’
- Athyrium otophorum
