| Plant Habit: | Fern |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Dry Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 4a |
| Leaves: | Variegated |
| Fruit: | Showy Pops open explosively when ripe |
| Fruiting Time: | Spring Late fall or early winter |
| Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
| Flower Color: | Multi-Color |
| Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Late summer or early fall Late fall or early winter Year Round |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Uses: | Provides winter interest Groundcover Medicinal Herb Good as a cover crop |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Birds Butterflies |
| Resistances: | Pollution Salt tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light Stratify seeds Will not come true from seed: fi indosostgrr anti |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Leaf Division Bulbs |
| Awards and Recognitions: | AAS (All-America Selection®): vt0r1a2koaoO1n pl iomn eaclenestPhl |
| Conservation status: | Near Threatened (NT)
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| Ploidy: | Unbalanced Tetraploid |
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| tabbycat - Youngsville, LA (Zone 9b) | On Apr 15, 2024 | Bloomed As tall as mail box & now about 3 or 4 roots as it clumps. |
| tabbycat - Youngsville, LA (Zone 9b) | On Mar 15, 2024 | Miscellaneous Event leaves stay green all winter then by Mid March start sending up a flower stem that will have flowers in April. |
| tabbycat - Youngsville, LA (Zone 9b) | On May 1, 2022 | Bloomed More stems each year & about 8 with flowers |
| tabbycat - Youngsville, LA (Zone 9b) | On Jun 28, 2021 | Harvested Cut about 12 well dried seed heads |
| tabbycat - Youngsville, LA (Zone 9b) | On May 1, 2021 | Bloomed got taller than mail box & about 7 stems. 1 flower was multi 6 cone thing I got pics. Bloomed into June |
| tabbycat - Youngsville, LA (Zone 9b) | On Mar 20, 2020 | Bloomed 1st flower on 3' plant by mailbox |
| tabbycat - Youngsville, LA (Zone 9b) | On May 7, 2019 | Bloomed 1st flower of 2019 is on 4' stem. |
| tabbycat - Youngsville, LA (Zone 9b) | On Mar 1, 2019 | Plant emerged Mild Winter so Springs new leaves have arrived. |
| MrsBinWY - Cheyenne, WY (Zone 5a) | On May 19, 2019 | Transplanted On 5-19-2019, planted 5 in the front rain garden. (Other 4 went to Wanda Manley.) One of mine bloomed in 2021. |
| MrsBinWY - Cheyenne, WY (Zone 5a) | On Apr 13, 2019 | Potted up 9 |
| MrsBinWY - Cheyenne, WY (Zone 5a) | On Jan 28, 2019 | Seeds germinated 4 |
| MrsBinWY - Cheyenne, WY (Zone 5a) | On Jan 20, 2019 | Seeds sown ~9 viable-looking seeds from Samlav's 2017G. Per TC: 68 degrees. If no germination in 3-4 weeks, move to 24-39 degrees for 2-4 weeks. |
| MrsBinWY - Cheyenne, WY (Zone 5a) | On Feb 8, 2017 | Seeds sown milk jug, room temp, seeds & chaff from tabbycat; gave up on these 5-26-17 |
| WebTucker - Aberdeen, NC, Elev 344 ft (Zone 8a) | On Jun 13, 2023 | Bloomed |
