Japanese Painted Fern – Athyrium nipponicum pictum syn. Mettalica – Athyrium nipponicum pictum syn. Mettalica

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The Japanese Painted Fern is a really distinctive small fern with silver-green fronds and a mid-rib flushed with maroon-purple which deepens in winter. A very striking fern that looks good in a mixed border or in a container.

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