Blechnum nipponicum (Japanese Deer Fern)
Blechnum nipponicum (Japanese Deer Fern)
Zone: 6 - 9Natural Range: Japan
Soil: moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: part shade, shade
Height: 12" tall
Attributes: evergreen, horizontal frond growth with 12" tall fertile fronds. Orange - yellow, red new growth, turns darker green.
Notes: A rare fern with much garden potential. Only found in a few collectors and botanical gardens. The fronds like other Blechnum are slow to emerge in the spring but then it explodes with color.
Companion plants: Cypripedium, Trillium, Epimedium, Erythronium, Arisaema, Podophyllum

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