Athyrium filix-femina
The lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina, is a beautiful and elegant native fern with pale green deciduous fronds.
The lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina, is a beautiful and elegant native fern with pale green deciduous fronds that can reach 3-4 feet long offering a wonderful presence in the shade garden. Easy to grow and vigorous in shady locations in average to moist soils. A Canadian native in every province and territory.
Common Name: Lady Fern
Family: Dryopteridaceae (The Wood Fern Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-9
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade, Part Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Green
Secondary Bloom Colour: Green
Bloom Time:
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Moist, Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: Yes
Native Habitat: In moist to wet forested thickets, prairies, wet meadows, and along streambanks, marshes, and shorelines across much of North America. Also found across Eurasia and in North Africa.
Award: AGM
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