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'Fronds Forever' Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
2' 2' 61cm 61cm
Height: 2'
Spread: 18" - 2'
Height: 61cm
Spread: 46cm - 61cm
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  • Details

    24 - 24 Inches
    18 - 24 Inches
    18 - 24 Inches
    61cm
    46cm - 61cm
    46cm - 61cm

    Features

    A vigorous crested fern! At maturity, individual leaves are flat with cresting along the edges and a large tassel at the end of each frond.

    Foliage Interest
    Resists: 
    Rabbits

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Perennial
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    24 Inches 61cm
    Spacing: 
    18 - 24 Inches 46cm - 61cm
    Spread: 
    18 - 24 Inches 46cm - 61cm
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Shade to Shade

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Grown for Foliage
    Hardiness Zones: 
    3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Average Soil
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Fertile Soil
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Poor Soil
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Containers
    Uses: 
    Cut Flower
    Maintenance Notes: 

    Grow in moist soil in light to partial shade for best coloration. Leave old fronds on the plant until new fronds are 6 inches tall in spring.

    'Fronds Forever' Athyrium filix-femina USPPAF, Can PBRAF
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