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

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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wrote in message
...
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

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My zone would be:

5A

The Catskill region of New York state.

Would these ferns be good for that climate?

Thank you.

Eddy

long eddy wrote:
wrote in message
...
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

-----------------------------

My zone would be:

5A

The Catskill region of New York state.

Would these ferns be good for that climate?

Thank you.

Eddy




I'm in zone 4 and I have Japanese painted ferns that are a couple of
years old. You're in a little milder climate than I am; they should do
fine.

Bob

I don't know if they would be considered "small" but autumn ferns are
about a hardy and as care free as ferns get. They have great variation
in leaf color and do well in full shade or with a little sun.

c

On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:05:59 GMT, "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



Hard to say. I planted 5 different ferns in my shade garden and
wooded area. Two kinds eventually died, one is just existing, and two
other kinds took off and grew so well that I divided them and created
a groundcover. One of these stays green during the winter, the other
(giant) fern dies back to the winter ground to return in early spring.
My pachysandra, lily-of-the-valley, and English ivy have grown into
very nice ground covers too, although the deer keep trimming back the
ivy.

Phisherman wrote:
My pachysandra, lily-of-the-valley, and English ivy have grown into
very nice ground covers too, although the deer keep trimming back the
ivy.


♪ ...liddle lamzy divey! A kiddley divey too. ♫ HTH :-)

Best regards,
Bob

mine are in a container in zone 5a and are doing great. Ingrid

"long eddy" wrote:


wrote in message
...
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

-----------------------------

My zone would be:

5A

The Catskill region of New York state.

Would these ferns be good for that climate?

Thank you.

Eddy




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