Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Delicate lacy fronds on a slowly creeping rhizome — it drifts into a loose colony rather than holding one tight clump.
- Family
- Athyriaceae
- Type
- fern
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY