Lady Fern 'Lady in Red'
Family: Athyriaceae (Lady Fern
Family)
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Hardiness Zones: 4-8
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Height: 18-30 inches
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Spread: 18-30 inches
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Bloom Time:
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Bloom: non flowering
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Light: part to full shade
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Soil: organically rich, moist,
well-drained; tolerates acidic and wet soil
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Moisture: medium to high; soil must not dry
out
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Use: specimen plant for shaded border
or edge; rock, shade, and woodland gardens; mass planting; shaded areas along
streams or ponds
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Care: low maintenance; keep constantly
moist; shelter from strong winds; divide clumps as needed in spring to
reposition crowns at root level
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Concerns: no serious insect or disease
problems
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Native to: hybrid cultivar; species found in
rich moist woods, thickets, fields, meadows and ravines throughout northern
North America, Europe and Asia
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Notes: deciduous fern prized for its
finely-textured, elliptic, light green fronds with contrasting red-violet
stems; rabbit resistant; tolerates black walnut, heavy shade
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Supplier: Landscape Designs, Inc.
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Teaching Garden
Location & Code: Naturalistic Garden H179
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