Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum is half-hardy and deciduous with deeply cut, spreading, grey-green fronds marked in burgundy, silver and green. This is a perfect one for showy woodland borders. Size 25cm x 1m.
The delicate appearance of most fern types with their variety of frond shapes and shades can be very deceptive. They can be unbelievably resilient and tough.
These vascular plants, which reproduce by means of spores and not flowers and seeds, have been around for millions of years. They grow in a wide variety of
