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 niponicum \u2013 Athyrium goeringianum \u2013 Japanese Painted Fern<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This deciduous fern from Japan grows 8-12\u201d tall and has an indefinite spread. \u00a0It produces creeping red brown rhizomes and 2 or 3 pinnate to pinnatifid lance shaped silvery gray-green fronds to 14\u201d long with red-purple midribs. \u00a0\u00a0Individual segments of the fronds are lance shaped to oblong or ovate sometimes with notched or lobed edges. \u00a0Great as a ground covers.<\/p>\n Zones 4-8<\/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":26623,"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-160254482"},"_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\/5844"}],"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=5844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5844"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5844"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=5844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}