Athyrium filix-femina
(lady fern)
(lady fern)
Category: Herbaceous Plants
Photo Credits: Sally and Andy Wasowski, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height: 24 – 36 inches
Spread: 30 inches
Location: Bottom, Sides
Native Status: NE
Comments & Cautions:
relatively easy fern to grow, but slow to establish; tolerant of variable soil conditions; prefers high organic soils
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Wet or Medium
This plant prefers Loam soil.
The plant DOES NOT have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
mounding, vigorous; spreads very slowly by rhizomes
Foliage
deciduous; lacy lance-shaped leaves; fine-textured
Flowers
N/A