General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 12 inches
Plant Spread: 18-24 inches
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Japanese Painted Fern
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Anisocampium niponicum
  • Synonym: Athyrium niponicum
Also sold as:
  • Pictum

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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-12
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-07-01
Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2023-09-14
Location: Tyler Arboretum, Middletown Township, Pennsylvania
Date: September 9, 2006
photo by Derek Ramsey via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wiki
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2007-07-11

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