General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Fern
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Plant Height: 12 - 15 inches
Plant Spread: 15 - 24 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Japanese Painted Fern
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Anisocampium niponicum
  • Synonym: Athyrium niponicum var. pictum

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-06-09
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C. 
Date: 2008-06-27
The leaf lights up this patch of woodland shade.
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-06-09
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-07

Date: 2006-03-15
Photo courtesy Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. www.terranovanurseries.
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2017-06-05
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
Date: 2021-06-12
Japanese Painted Fern
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-06-12
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-07
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