Ok, ok it's not a hosta but there she was in all her glory among the beautiful hosta on the garden tour yesterday. The owner knew it was a lady fern but couldn't tell me which one. Is there a cubiteer shade gardener out there who knows which cultivar is the front fern? I think I want at least five if I can find out the name. Thanks for your help.

Could it be Dre's Dagger ? Alot of that one were sold last year.

I agree that it could be that one. Decidedly an Athyrium felix-femina..Lady Fern. Here's a link to Dre's Dagger
http://www.rainyside.com/featu...

edited to say that I don't know anything about the vendor listed..just wanted to compare the pic.

That is absolutely it. You guys are the best! Thanks

Look what I just found http://cubits.org/plantid/foru...

That Fern is absolutely gorgeous!
My Hostas have lots of buddies in my zone 5 garden. Astilbe, Brunnera, Ferns, Heuchera, Hardy Geranium, Cimicifuga, Goatsbeard,Soloman's Seal, Pulmonaria and annual Impatiens and Coleus.....Rhodys, a Callicarpa , Viburnums, Boxwood, Forsythia, Fothergilla, Hydrangea.....

Kay thanks for sharing. Sounds like you need to post some pictures for us to see. If you already did, forward the link.

I have posted photos here on the Hosta cubit, but I am much better at gardening than I am at computering, so I have no idea how to forward a link They are in the Hosta groupings thread, and some others...