Name: Athyrium 'Silver Falls'
SKU: ATHSILFAL

Athyrium ‘Silver Falls’

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This plant is no longer for sale directly from TERRA NOVA® Nurseries. However, it may still be available through one of our licensees. Please contact our sales department for more information at 800-215-9450.

Unlike any other painted fern, this one intensifies its silvering as the season progresses. Winner of the 2002 “Stars of Spring” awards in New Zealand, with stunning, lustrous fronds that shimmer with its contrasting red veins. Later to appear in the spring than the other Japanese painted ferns.

USDA Hardiness Zone(s): 4-9
Size (HT/W/FL HT): 24″ / 24″ / –“
Exposure: Part Shade, Full Shade
Bloom Time(s): —

Common Name	Japanese painted fern
Family	Dryopteridaceae
Genus	Athyrium
species	niponicum var. pictum
Plant Type	Perennial
Persistence	Deciduous
US Patent #	PP12803
EU Grant #	--
Hardiness Zone	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Growth Habit	Clumping
Size (HT/W/FL HT)	24" / 24" / --"
Finish Time	Slow (8-10 Weeks)
Bloom Time	--
Growth Rate	Slow
Most Active Growing Season	Spring
Flowering Season	--
Flower Color	--
Leaf Color	Green, Red, Silver
Soil	Fertile, rich, moist soil with good porosity.
pH	5.5 - 6.5
Exposure	Part Shade, Full Shade
Special Uses	Award Winners, Deep South, Deer Resistant
Nutritional Needs	50 - 75 ppm
Dormancy	Winter
Water (Greenhouse)	Keep evenly moist.
Water (Garden)	Keep evenly moist.
How Different?	Clonal, so each plant has identical silver colored foliage. (Most ferns on the market come from spores and are very variable.)
Landscape Value	It is wonderful in the shade garden, in a container, as an understory plant, or in the woodland garden.
Finish Time to 4"	6 - 8 weeks in spring
Comments	This Athyrium is later to appear in the spring then other Japanese ferns. The foliage color stabilizes, once plant is mature. This fern is not salt tolerant. It is normal for Athyrium roots to be black. Winner of the 2002 "Stars of Spring"award in New Zealand.
Grower Notes	Recommend transplanting to a 4" from a 72 cell size.