species
Athyrium filix-femina
Lady fern
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Athyrium filix-femina belongs to the family Athyriaceae, also known as Lady fern, native to the UK. It reaches 90 cm tall and 90 cm across in about 5 years. It grows in part shade or shade, on clay, loam or peat soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or poorly drained conditions, and suits sheltered positions. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 90 cm tall × 90 cm across, after about 5 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Clay, Loam, Peat
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist, Poorly drained
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Native
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