your zone is important. I love the J. painted ferns. they brighten up a dark area.
I would mix them with some silver splashed hostas. they are compatible plants.
Ingrid

"long eddy" wrote:

Hello all,
We are thinking of purchasing a type of fern to use as groundcover for our
back yard.

Currently our back yard gets plenty of shade from two very large maple trees
close to our farmhouse.

Most of the ground does not have any grass and is weeds, some tree roots,
earth and moss.

We would like to plant about 10 to 20 small ferns in the fall.

Please advise if the type of fern below will take in this environment.

Athyrium-niponicum

Japanese-Painted-Fern

Many thanks,
Eddy




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