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Plant Habit: Fern
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 12-24 inches
Plant Spread: 12-24 inches
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Sterile hybrid
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Parentage: Athyrium filix-femina x Anisocampium niponicum

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Common names
  • Ghost Fern
  • Lady Fern

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Location: Kalama, wa
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Location: an Oklahoma City garden Date: 2024-03-29 The earliest fern to emerge in my garden
Location: an Oklahoma City garden Date: 2024-03-28 The earliest fern to emerge in my garden
Location: Apple Valley MN Date: 2018-05-26
Location: in my friend's garden in Oklahoma City Date: 07-05-2020 Lady Fern (Athyrium 'Ghost')
Location: Lexington, VA Date: May, 2005 Love the striking "ghostly" foliage in early spring
Location: in my friend's garden in Oklahoma City Date: 07-05-2020 Lady Fern (Athyrium 'Ghost')
Location: Washington 8b Date: 2017-06-17
Date: 2011-05-04
Location: my front yard Date: 2012-05-15 Ghost fern with Gold Heart bleeding heart, Brunnera Jack Frost an
Uploaded by sedumzz
Date: 2012-01-19 Growing on a slope in well drained soil with semi shade.
Location: Scarborough, ON Date: 2018-06-23
Location: Home Date: 2016-09-15
Location: my front yard Date: 2012-05-09 Ghost Fern with Heuchera Green Spice, Striptease hosta, other per
Photo Courtesy of Gardens Plus. Used with Permission
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Location: Shade garden Z6a Date: 2011-05-27 What a nice bright plant with hostas.
Location: Fireplace garden - more shade than sun Date: 2009-0608
Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
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Location: my front yard Date: 2009-06-18
Location: Aurora, On Date: 2017-06-09
Location: Home Date: 2016-09-15
Location: Brainer's Greenhouse, Wixom, MI Date: 2011-07-09
Location: Brainer's Greenhouse, Wixom, MI Date: 2011-07-09
Location: Shade Z6 Date: 2010-06-08
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia Date: 2014-04-14
Date: 2012-11-10
Location: Western Washington Date: 2014-05-05
Date: 2014-08-18
Location: Fireplace garden - more shade than sun Date: 2009-1016
Location: Fireplace garden - more shade than sun Date: 2011-1101 Very heavy, deep roots on this one.
Location: My garden in N E Pa. Date: 2015-05-16
Location: Brainer's Greenhouse, Wixom, MI Date: 2011-07-09
Location: Brainer's Greenhouse, Wixom, MI Date: 2011-07-09
Location: Brainer's Greenhouse, Wixom, MI Date: 2011-07-09
Location: Brainer's Greenhouse, Wixom, MI Date: 2011-07-09
Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Date: 2014-08-18
Date: 2014-08-18
Date: 2014-08-18
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