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 or Retail Sources.

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
US Patent #	--
EU Grant #	--
Bloom Time	--
Flower Color	--
Foliage Color	Green, Red, Silver
Dormancy	Winter
Exposure	Part Shade, Full Shade
Growth Habit	Clumping
Growth Rate	Slow
Hardiness Zone	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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.
Most Active Growing Season	Spring
Persistence	Deciduous
Size (HT/W/FL HT)	24" / 24" / --"
Soil (Garden)	Fertile, rich, moist Soil (Garden) with good porosity.
Water (Garden)	Keep evenly moist.
Special Uses	Award Winners, Deep South, Deer Resistant
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.

Water (Greenhouse)	This plant likes humidity, so keep evenly moist. Drought can force plants into dormancy.
EC	0.5 – 0.7
pH	5.5 – 6.5
Fertility Needs	50 – 75 ppm
Notes	Recommend transplanting to a 4″ from a 72 cell size.
Finish Time to 4″	6 – 8 weeks
Finish Time to Gallon	8 – 10 weeks
Day Length for Flowering	Day Neutral