(Burgundy Lace Painted Fern, Japanese Painted Fern)

Burgundy Lace Painted Fern, or Japanese Painted Fern, is a deciduous ground fern grown for its dense clumps of delicately divided fronds in varying shades of burgundy, purple, and metallic silver often flushed with pink. The fronds have a wide band of deep burgundy running down the center, and the outer edges are silver-burgundy. It is native to the forest floors of Japan, where it grows in moist, fertile soil. It spreads slowly by forming multiple crowns.

The Japanese Painted Fern requires...

(Japanese Painted Fern, Pewter Lace Painted Fern)

Pewter Lace Painted Fern, or Japanese Painted Fern, is a deciduous ground fern grown for its dense clumps of delicately divided metallic pewter fronds with a deep burgundy stem. The fronds are bluish-green closest to the stem and silver at the outer edges. It is native to the forest floors of Japan, where it grows in moist, fertile soil. It spreads slowly by forming multiple crowns.

The Japanese Painted Fern requires consistently moist acidic to neutral soil; enrich it with leaf mold or compost....

(Japanese Painted Fern, Silver Falls Japanese Painted Fern)

This selection of Japanese Painted Fern is a hardy, deciduous ground fern grown for its dense clumps of delicately divided silver fronds with a prominent dark-burgundy stem. The leaflets are grayish-blue closest to the stem and become more silver toward the outer edges. This fern is slower to emerge in spring than other painted ferns, and its silver color becomes more pronounced as the season progresses. It is descended from a native of forest floors in Japan, where it grows in moist, fertile soil....

(Japanese Painted Fern, Ursula's Red Japanese Painted Fern)

Japanese Painted Fern is a deciduous ground fern native to moist forest floors of Japan, Korea and Taiwan. It produces dense clumps of delicately divided. As these ferns mature they spread by forming multiple crowns. 'Ursula's Red' is a very silvery fern flushed with red and red undersides. The leaves fade to more silver and green in summer.

'Ursula's Red' requires part to full shade to thrive, and soil enriched with leaf mold. The fronds are fragile and break easily so it is best to plant...

(Auriculate Ladyfern)

Native to Asia, auriculate ladyfern is a slow-spreading clumping fern. Its wide sword-like leaves are deep green with a reddish-purple midrib.

These plants are easy to grow in shade with humus-rich soil that is evenly moist. Auriculate ladyfern makes a nice groundcover and also looks nice planted among rocks or at the edges of natural or formal water features.

(Blue Beauty Purple Rockcress, Purple Rockcress)

What a fantastic blue-flowered perennial for the early border. The floriferous ‘Blue Beauty’ is a mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial that becomes clothed in blue from late spring to early summer. Its blooming period lasts for an average of three weeks, sometimes even a month. The vivid violet-blue flowers are double and play beautifully against its deep green mats of foliage.

Sunny locations with fertile, neutral to alkaline, well-draining soil are preferred. It should be watered regularly...

(Blue Cascade Rockcress, Purple Rockcress)

The free-flowering ‘Blue Cascade’ adds a colorful sweep to sunny borders. This mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial becomes clothed in flowers in spring to early summer. Its blooming period lasts for an average of three weeks, sometimes even a month. The pretty violet-blue flowers and play beautifully against its fuzzy green mats of foliage.

Sunny locations with fertile, neutral to alkaline, well-draining soil are preferred. It should be watered regularly before and after blooming but can...

(Blue Whale Rockcress, Purple Rockcress)

The large-flowered ‘Blue Whale’ offers many big, beautiful, vivid violet-blue flowers. This mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial becomes clothed in flowers in late spring to early summer. Its blooming period lasts for an average of three weeks, sometimes even a month. The vivid violet-blue flowers and play beautifully against its rich green mats of foliage.

Sunny locations with fertile, neutral to alkaline, well-draining soil are preferred. It should be watered regularly before and after...

(Doctor Mules Purple Rockcress, Purple Rockcress)

The brilliant violet-purple flowers of ‘Doctor Mules’ add a striking color burst to sunny borders. This mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial becomes clothed in flowers in late spring to early summer. Its blooming period lasts for an average of three weeks, sometimes even a month. The vivid flowers and play beautifully against its grayish blue-green mats of foliage.

Sunny locations with fertile, neutral to alkaline, well-draining soil are preferred. It should be watered regularly before and...

(Kitte Purple Rockcress, Purple Rockcress)

The deep violet-purple flowers of ‘Kitte’ have a hint of blue and add bold color to sunny borders. This mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial becomes clothed in flowers in spring to early summer. Its blooming period lasts for an average of three weeks, sometimes even a month. The vivid flowers and play beautifully against its grayish blue-green mats of foliage.

Sunny locations with fertile, neutral to alkaline, well-draining soil are preferred. It should be watered regularly before and after...