Japanese Painted Fern
Athyrium 'Godzilla'
Dryopteridaceae
Growth habit
Fern
Perennation
Perennial
Location
Source of plant
Plant Delights
Description
This sporeling appeared in the Plant Delights Nursery garden in the mid-1990s. Its 3' tall x 6.5' wide proportions are a bit out of the ordinary for a typical Japanese painted fern, despite its typical painted fern leaf appearance. Although the leaf backs are covered in patches of felty brown spores, there is no viability, indicating some horticultural hanky panky with a nearby A. filix-femina had conceived this sterile fern.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
growth habit, foliage characteristics