Fern - Athyrium niponicum 'Apple Court'

Common Name: Apple Court Japanese Painted Fern

Bloomcolor: Silver/grey shades

Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade to Full Shade

Height: 12.0 Inches

Spread: 24.0 Inches

Spacing: 24.0 Inches

Water: Average Water Needs

Hardiness: Zones 4,5,6,7,8

Zone: 4

Deer Resistant: Deer Resistant

Characteristics: This lovely crested form of Japanese Painted Fern is very similar to ‘Pictum’ in color, but the pinnae (leaflets) are distinctly crested all the way up the frond and at the tip. The plant has a low, mounding habit and spreads slowly by rhizomes., Pests & Diseases: Nematodes, aphids, whiteflies, and fern moth caterpillar in greenhouse; thrips, scales, mealybugs, black vine weevil, fern snail (Deroceras), armyworms, Japanese beetle, crickets, grasshoppers, caterpillars in the field., Rabbit Resistant Deer Resistant,