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Athyrium otophorum var. okanum

Ref.: ATHYR 698

Origin : Japan, Korea, China.

Availability: Available In Cultivation
Special Price: 5.00 € Regular Price: 6.00 €

Family : Aspleniaceae.

Eared lady fern, auriculated lady fern

Magnificent fern with purple rachises and ribs; the young fronds at first cream, then sea green, and then more darkened in the course of summer. Wide triangular deciduous fronds (it retains its fronds late into autumn). Plant it in shade or medium-shade in a moist ordinary ground. Height and width : 50cm. Hardiness : -25°C.

  • Foliage : deciduous
  • Height : 30 to 60cm
  • Soil type : any
  • Site : streams or ponds banks, cool to moist woods, mixed borders, potted fern
  • Exposure : shade, half shade
  • Shape : flared
  • Rhizome : erect
  • Hardiness : down to -25°C (-13°F)