Japanese Painted Fern (Anisocampium niponicum 'Regal Red') - Garden.org

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Plant Habit:	Fern
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Partial Shade to Full Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height:	12 to 18 inches
Plant Spread:	18 to 24 inches
Leaves:	Unusual foliage color Deciduous
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Miscellaneous:	Goes Dormant

Common names

Japanese Painted Fern
Ghost Fern
Painted Fern

Botanical names

Accepted: Anisocampium niponicum
Synonym: Athyrium niponicum var. pictum

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Location: Carson City, NV
Date: 2023-05-06

Uploaded by JeffLoflinECV

Location: Carson City, NV
Date: 2023-05-06

Uploaded by JeffLoflinECV

Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2015-04-29
Silvery leaves are enhanced by the red stems and center veins.

Uploaded by HemNorth

Location: in my friend's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 07-02-2020

Uploaded by jathton

Location: in my friend's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 07-05-2020
Japanese Painted Fern (Anisocampium niponicum 'Regal Red')

Uploaded by jathton

Location: in my friend's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 07-05-2020
Japanese Painted Fern (Anisocampium niponicum 'Regal Red')

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Location: Northern California, Zone 9b
Date: 2020-05-12
The unique colors in this 'Regal Red' painted fern became more pr

Uploaded by DebraZone9

Location: in my friend's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 07-02-2020
Japanese Painted Fern (Anisocampium niponicum 'Regal Red')

Uploaded by jathton

Location: in my friend's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 07-05-2020
Japanese Painted Fern (Anisocampium niponicum 'Regal Red')

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Location: z6a MA, My Garden
Date: 2012-07-26

Uploaded by eclayne

Location: z5 MA, my garden
Date: 2011-10-10
Relocated in Spring.

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Courtesy Sunlight Gardens, used with permission

Uploaded by SongofJoy

Location: z6a MA, My Garden
Date: 2012-07-19

Uploaded by eclayne

Location: Western Washington
Date: 2014-05-05

Uploaded by springcolor

Location: Northern California, Zone 9b
Date: 2021-03-29
This fern displays beautiful colors when given a little morning s

Uploaded by DebraZone9

Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Date: 2015-05-19

Uploaded by treehugger

Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2014-03-30
Regal Red Silver Japanese Painted Fern

Uploaded by Seedfork

Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-05

Uploaded by plantrob

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery

Uploaded by vic

Photo by ge1836

Uploaded by ge1836

Date: 2014-05-05

Uploaded by springcolor

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Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Feb 9, 2012 6:51 AM concerning plant:

'Regal Red' Painted Fern is a more deeply colored selection of the beautiful Japanese painted fern. Fronds are silvery green with beautiful rose centers. New fronds are more intensely colored.

Give this painted fern bright indirect light and average to good moisture-retentive soil. Clumps reach to about 1 ft. tall and about as wide. They die back to the ground after a hard freeze.

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