Scientific Name
Athyrium nipponicum; A. goeringianum; A. iseanum

Common Name
Japanese painted fern

Zones:  4-9














Height: 8 to 20"
Deciduous/Evergreen: Deciduous
Fronds: Tricolored fronds of maroon, medium green and silvery gray; arching, vase-like form; oval blade is bipinnate with toothed segments; green with reddish rachis and pinna bases; new fronds develop during the summer
Comments: Compact to short creeping rhizomes
Cultivars: Silver Falls: long arching fronds; silver and green with red-purple veins; Pictum
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