Lady Fern

Lady Ferns are available as:

• 4 inch pots
• bare root tubers

Lady Fern, Athyrium felix-feminand, have yellow-green to medium green fronds with feathery blade pairs. The upper blades of the Lady Fern are long-tapering and ascending. Plants spread slowly to form dense clumps. Under the right conditions lady ferns will continue to send up new fronds well into the summer months.

How to Grow: Lady ferns are one of the easiest ferns to grow. They prefer to be grown in part to full shade in average to rich, moist but well-drained soil that is neutral to slightly acid. Plants can be divided and transplanted in spring and early summer, planting the crown at the surface.

Landscape uses: Plant lady ferns in the woodland garden with hostas and other shade plants, or with large flowering plants and shrubs.
 

Planting and caring for bare root ferns, evergreen ferns and container ferns:

Fern plants grow mostly in lightly shaded to fully shaded areas. They prefer moist, rich humus soil with a slightly acid pH (5.3 to 5.5 pH range). Sphagnum peat moss is good to add to the soil for holding moisture and will add some acid to the soil as it decomposes. 

The hole should not only be large enough to hold the tuber, but allowing at least an inch or two from the top of the tuber to the top of the hole. The smaller ferns, such as Maidenhair fern, can be planted about 18 to 24 inches apart. The edible Ostrich ferns, Christmas ferns and Royal Ferns grow larger and should be planted no closer than 24 inches apart.