Athyrium niponicum Silver Falls North American Native Plants although the new growth emerges

although the new growth emerges very late (reports indicate success in parts of zone 6)

are set off when the upper third of the leaves develops a dramatic white variegation as the season progresses

who all rave about it (some on general principle)

which will cause the roots to rot

Athyrium niponicum Silver Falls North American Native Plants although the new growth emerges(US PP 12,803 expired) (aka: Anisocampium niponicum) Oregon's Diana Ballantyne introduced this stunning, clonal selection of the wonderful deer resistant Japanese painted fern. Athyrium 'Silver Falls' matures to a 20" tall x 3' wide clump with long, arching fronds that display an extraordinary amount of silver patterning, highlighted by the dramatic red purple veining in the leaves. This hardy garden fern has more abundant and brighter colored