With its silvery gray, arching fronds that look almost metallic, this fern lights up a shaded area. Plant it along a stream, or under shrubs for a burst of visual interest. Its wine-colored fronds pair beautifully with pink or red blossoms, making it an excellent companion to larger deciduous flowering shrubs.
The Metallicum Japanese Painted fern is clump-forming and grows between 1-2 feet high. When planted in its ideal environment, this fern will form excellent colonies. Hardy in zones 4-9, it prefers shade and clay, loam, or sandy soil that is well-drained.
- Beautiful red wine-colored fronds with silvery leaflets, this fern adds an ethereal color and texture to your garden.
- It is a lovely choice for cottage gardens, woodlands, understories for shrubs, and along water features or streams.
- Deer and rabbit resistant, pest and disease-free, this fern is the height of low-maintenance plants!
- The Metallicum Fern literally brings a whole new dimension to a landscape with its unique understory texture and color.
- The Metallicum is a universally ideal choice for low-growing color and texture.
- It is a lovely choice for cottage gardens, woodlands, understories for shrubs, and along water features or streams.
- Metallicum is a hybrid of the tri-color fern.
