Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum ‘Lady in Red’
Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum 'Lady in Red' has lacy, light green, arching fronds with red to purple-red stipes.
Description:
The eastern North American sister variety to our native lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum, brings us 'Lady in Red', an intriguing form with lacy, light green, arching foliage held upright on red to purple-red stipes (stems). Lady fern is a deciduous, easy-to-grow fern. It adds elegant, finely textured foliage for excellent contrast with bold-leaved shade plants like Hosta, Bergenia and Rodgersia.
Common Name: Lady Fern
Family: Dryopteridaceae (The Wood Fern Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade, Part Sun
Height: 12-24"
Width: 12-24"
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Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
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Soil Moisture: Moist, Average
Stem Colour: Red
Fragrance: No
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Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: In moist to wet forested thickets and along streambanks, sometimes in swamps.
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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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