Athyrium filix-femina Cruciatum Group - Lady Fern

<strong><a href="https://www.promessedefleurs.ie/perennials/ferns/ferns-by-variety/athyrium.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Athyriums</a> are deciduous ferns that feature very fine and graceful foliage</strong>. In gardens, the most commonly grown are the <a href="https://www.promessedefleurs.ie/perennials/ferns/ferns-by-variety/athyrium/athyrium-filix-femina-victoriae-lady-fern.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Athyrium filix-femina</em></a>, or Lady Fern, which offers elegant light green fronds that are quite large, as well as the <a href="https://www.promessedefleurs.ie/perennials/ferns/ferns-by-variety/athyrium/athyrium-niponicum-var-pictum-painted-fern.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Athyrium niponicum</em></a>, which bears small, slender triangular fronds in silvery tones. From these botanical species, original varieties are available based on their shape (such as <a href="https://www.promessedefleurs.ie/perennials/ferns/ferns-by-variety/athyrium/athyrium-filix-femina-frizelliae-lady-fern.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Athyrium filix-femina</em> ‘Frizelliae’</a>) or the colour of their fronds. The <a href="https://www.promessedefleurs.ie/perennials/ferns/ferns-by-variety/athyrium/athyrium-otophorum-var-okanum-eared-lady-fern.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Athyrium otophorum</em> var. <em>okanum</em></a> is also cultivated, featuring very graphic fronds whose colour changes with the seasons, evolving between green, yellow, and purplish pink tones along the veins. The Athyrium is an easy fern to grow, ideal for shaded corners of the garden. It is quite hardy and requires little maintenance. It thrives in fertile, humus-rich soil that remains moist. In the garden, it will find its place in woodlands, rockeries, by a pond, in a perennial bed... and even in a pot on a terrace. It integrates very easily into graphic gardens!