There are 180 deciduous species of terrestrial and a few epiphytic ferns, in this genus. \u00a0They are found mainly in moist alpine, woodland or forest in temperate and tropical regions in most of the world. \u00a0They bear erect or creeping sometimes branched rhizomes. \u00a0It bears grooved stems that hold pinnate to 3 pinnate or pinnatifid fronds. \u00a0Sori form in 2 rows and are usually covered by \u2018J\u2019 shaped covering. \u00a0Their well suited for a range of sites, from a shady sites to a woodland setting and of course a great hardy houseplant.<\/p>\n
When grown indoors place in a setting with humid atmosphere and plant in 1 part, of loam, 1 part medium grade bark, and charcoal, 2 parts sharp sand, and 3 parts coarse leaf mold. \u00a0Do not allow to dry out. \u00a0Place in bright filtered light. \u00a0During growing season water freely and apply a half strength fertilizer monthly, water more sparingly in winter.<\/p>\n
When grown outdoors place in shade in moist, fertile, neutral to acidic soil, enriched with leaf mold or compost. \u00a0Divide in spring.<\/p>\n
Prone to rust<\/i><\/em>.<\/p>\n Athyrium filix-femina <\/b><\/strong>var. angustum \u2018Lady in Red\u2019 <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 Asplenium filix-femina <\/b><\/strong>var. angustum \u2018Lady in Red\u2019 <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 Lady Fern <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 This variable, deciduous fern grows 4\u2019 feet tall and spreads to 24-36\u201d wide. \u00a0It produces erect rhizomes and usually lance shape 2 or 3 pinnate or pinnatifid, light green fronds to 3\u2019 feet long. \u00a0The ruby red\u00a0stalks are borne erect but may arch outwards with age. \u00a0The individual segments are variably in size but are usually elliptic with pointed tips.<\/p>\n Zones 5-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Athyrium \u2013 Lady Fern There are 180 deciduous species of terrestrial and a few epiphytic ferns, in this genus. \u00a0They are found mainly in moist alpine, woodland or forest in temperate and tropical regions in most of the world. \u00a0They bear erect or creeping sometimes branched rhizomes. \u00a0It bears grooved stems that hold pinnate to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[27,42,18,30,80,41,16,20,26],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160254476"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5839"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5839"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=5839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}