Athyrium filix-femina 'FRIZELLIAE'

Athyrium filix-femina 'FRIZELLIAE'
Mrs.Frizell's lady fern, tatting fern

SIZE/TYPE	low or groundcovering
USUAL HEIGHT	0.2-0.2m
USUAL WIDTH	0.2-0.3m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	insignificant or non-blooming
LOCATION	full sun to shade
USDA zone (lowest)	2 (down to -45°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Ferns

Lady fern is an elegant and beautiful fern, one of the most popular. It has bright green fronds of lacy leaves, and the species is renowned for its ability to thrive in full sun, unfortunately unlike some of its further varieties.

Frizelliae is a variety name of Mrs.Frizell's lady fern, also called tatting fern referring to its small, very decorative leaves which resemble old-fashioned tatted hand-made lace. The small leaflets (pinnae) are mid green, only about 1-1,5 cm across, rounded, and look like a miniature of profusely toothed cranesbill leaf. Midribs (central stems holding the leaflets) are rather arching, 15-30 cm long, deciduous.

The plant is clump forming, growing into a dense perennial with profusion of leaves from one centre (not weedy). If desired, divide in March-April, after frosts, before leaves emerge. Lady fern needs light and neutral to acidic soil that is constantly moist or even wet. On a wet site it can take full sun all summer long. Fully hardy to min. -45°C (USDA zone 2).

Last update 28-12-2016

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.