Japanese Painted Fern
Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum'
Dryopteridaceae
Growth habit
Fern
Perennation
Perennial
Location
Cornell Class of 1938 Native Maple Slope, Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection
Source of plant
Bluebird Nursery Inc., Carroll Gardens Inc., Homestead Division of Sunnybrook Farms Nursery, Weinstock-Bluemel
Description
... unique among hardy ferns because of the color of its fronds; the maroon stalk and flush are as in thespecies, but the rest of the pinnae are of a gray, even glaucous hue...; 2' tall with 18" spread.
Special characteristics
foliage characteristics, notable texture