Buy Japanese painted fern Athyrium niponicum var. pictum: Delivery by Waitrose Garden

Athyrium niponicum var. pictum

Japanese painted fern

Japanese painted fern

Position: full or partial shade
Soil: moist, fertile, neutral to acid soil
Rate of growth: average
Hardiness: fully hardy

This elegant, deciduous fern has deeply cut, greyish-green fronds effused with silver and purple. An excellent companion for shade-loving woodland plants it provides long-lasting foliage interest for a shady, sheltered patio or courtyard garden with moist, fertile, neutral to acid soil.
Garden care: Incorporate lots of well-rotted leaf mould, composted pine needles or garden compost into the planting hole. In cold areas in late autumn protect the crown of the plant with a dry mulch of straw or bracken.