Athyrium niponicum Lemon Cream Southeast Europe In good soil and average

In good soil and average to damp moisture conditions

In the proper conditions

It's equally prized by butterflies

the sticky stalks (which actually catch insects) are topped with terminal inflorescences of hundreds of exquisite 5-petaled screaming hot orange-red flowers

And then there are the hummingbirds which visit the flowers and add much to to its ornamental value

Athyrium niponicum Lemon Cream Southeast Europe In good soil and average(aka: Anisocampium niponicum) We probably should call Athyrium 'Lemon Cream' Japanese splattered fern instead of Japanese painted fern. This Japanese oddity is exactly what people who like this kind of thing will like. The typical lacy green leaves are speckled with lemon cream blotches, barely evident in spring but becoming quite prominent by late summer and early fall. Our clumps of the deciduous Athyrium niponicum 'Lemon Cream' have reached 18"