Lady Fern
Athyrium 'Branford Beauty'
Dryopteridaceae
Growth habit
Fern
Perennation
Perennial
Location
Floriculture War Memorial Trail, Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection, Groundcover Collection
Source of plant
Sunny Border Ohio, Roslyn Nursery
Description
Probably what Mickel in DS 97 describes as a garden plant reputed to be a selection of A. felix-femina X A. nipponicum 'Pictum'; he suspects it is an Asiatic species. The plant is described in the Roslyn Nursery catalog as reaching 2' in height with silvery fronds and red petioles, and being a hybrid of "Japanese painted fern and red-stemmed lady fern." Sunny Border Ohio says this hybrid was selected by Nick Nicou of Branford, CT.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
foliage characteristics