species
Athyrium niponicum
Japanese painted fern
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Athyrium niponicum belongs to the family Athyriaceae, also known as Japanese painted fern, introduced to the UK. It reaches 40 cm tall and 50 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or shade, on loam or peat soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist conditions, and suits sheltered positions. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 40 cm tall × 50 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Loam, Peat
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Introduced
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