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Japanese Painted Fern 'Pewter Lace' (Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Pewter Lace')

Pewter Lace
Frond detail

Overview

'Pewter Lace' is a Japanese Painted Fern cultivar with a subtle pewter-gray metallic sheen and finely lacy frond division, creating an elegant, understated beauty.

Taxonomy

Family:	Dryopteridaceae
Genus:	Athyrium (uh-THEE-ree-um)
Species:	niponicum var. pictum
Cultivar:	Pewter Lace

Description

Fronds are triangular, bipinnate, 30–45 cm long, with a pewter-gray metallic overlay and burgundy midribs. The pinnae are finely divided, giving a lace-like texture.

Habitat and Cultivation

Same as species: moist, rich soil in shade. Hardy zones 4–9. The pewter color is most intense in spring. Divide clumps in spring to maintain vigor.

Ferns: Japanese Painted Fern (Athyrium niponicum var. pictum): Shade Garden Elegance; 'Burgundy Lace' Japanese Painted Fern (Athyrium niponicum var. pictum): Deeply Colored Cultivar; Thelypteris decursive-pinnata: Japanese Beech Fern; Paesia scaberula: Lace Fern (Ring Fern); Athyrium 'Ghost': Ghost Fern; Japanese Painted Fern 'Applecourt' (Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Applecourt'); Japanese Painted Fern 'Ursula's Red' (Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Ursula's Red'); Boston Fern 'Shadow Lace' (Nephrolepis exaltata 'Shadow Lace'); Japanese Painted Fern 'Silver Falls' (Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Silver Falls'); Japanese Painted Fern – Award-Winning Shade Beauty

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