Japanese Beech Fern
Thelypteris decursive-pinnata
Beautiful, lush green foliage produces a graceful form. Offsets on short runners eventually form large colonies in moist or dry shade. Popular for shaded rock gardens and naturalizes in mixed woodlands. Herbaceous.
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant type: | Fern |
| Garden style: | Asian/Zen |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Semi-evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 6, 32 - 43 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast growing to 3 ft. tall and as wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Special features: | Deer Resistant |
| Landscape uses: | Seacoast Exposure, Water Garden, Woodland Garden |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 0509 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed frequently during growing season with a general purpose fertilizer. Cut back old fronds after new growth begins in spring.
Design Ideas
A perfect space filler to flesh out shade gardens and landscapes under large shade trees or groves. Exceptional for filling gaps in rock waterfalls where shade prevents other plants. A good problem solver for narrow sideyards and fleshes out difficult north facing foundation planting.
Companion Plants
Group this fern with other woodland beauties such as Golden Japanese Forest Grass, (Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'), Pewter Lace Painted Fern, (Athyrium niponicum 'Pewter Lace'), Ebony Knight Mondo Grass, (Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Ebknizam') and Neon Lights Foam Flower, (Tiarella x 'New Lights').
History
This wide ranging Asian fern can be found in most of China and its immediate neighbors. It was formerly known as the winged beech fern due to its association with beech forest flora. It's former genus is Phegopterys and may be found extensively under this genus.
Lore
Because ferns do not produce flowers but rather by nearly invisible spores, they were thought to be mysterious in ancient times. Therefore the plants have long been associated with invisibility spells and sorcery.
Beautiful, lush green foliage produces a graceful form. Offsets on short runners eventually form large colonies in moist or dry shade. Popular for shaded rock gardens and naturalizes in mixed woodlands. Herbaceous.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed frequently during growing season with a general purpose fertilizer. Cut back old fronds after new growth begins in spring.
Design Ideas
A perfect space filler to flesh out shade gardens and landscapes under large shade trees or groves. Exceptional for filling gaps in rock waterfalls where shade prevents other plants. A good problem solver for narrow sideyards and fleshes out difficult north facing foundation planting.
Companion Plants
Group this fern with other woodland beauties such as Golden Japanese Forest Grass, (Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'), Pewter Lace Painted Fern, (Athyrium niponicum 'Pewter Lace'), Ebony Knight Mondo Grass, (Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Ebknizam') and Neon Lights Foam Flower, (Tiarella x 'New Lights').
History
This wide ranging Asian fern can be found in most of China and its immediate neighbors. It was formerly known as the winged beech fern due to its association with beech forest flora. It's former genus is Phegopterys and may be found extensively under this genus.
Lore
Because ferns do not produce flowers but rather by nearly invisible spores, they were thought to be mysterious in ancient times. Therefore the plants have long been associated with invisibility spells and sorcery.
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant type: | Fern |
| Garden style: | Asian/Zen |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Semi-evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 6, 32 - 43 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast growing to 3 ft. tall and as wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Special features: | Deer Resistant |
| Landscape uses: | Seacoast Exposure, Water Garden, Woodland Garden |
| Blooms: | Does not flower |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 0509 |
