Japanese Painted Fern Plant - Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' in 5.25" Pot with Silver-Green Foliage

Japanese Painted Fern Plant Overview

The Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum', commonly known as the Japanese Painted Fern, is a visually striking fern featuring unique silver-gray fronds accented with deep green veins. This well-rooted plant arrives in a 5.25" pot, making it an excellent choice for enhancing shaded garden areas, borders, or indoor spaces with its textured foliage.

Key Features

• Distinctive silver-gray fronds with contrasting green veins
• Low maintenance and easy to care for
• Suitable for shaded environments and ground cover applications
• Adaptable to both indoor and outdoor settings
• Ideal for garden beds, borders, and container planting

Growing Information

This fern grows to a height of 12-18 inches with a spread of 12-24 inches, forming a clumping growth habit. It thrives in partial to full shade and prefers consistently moist, well-draining soil rich in organic matter. Suitable for USDA hardiness zones 3 through 8, the Japanese Painted Fern is a resilient addition to your garden or indoor plant collection.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.