Athyrium Tennessee Ostrich Fern is a deciduous, non-flowering perennial offering 3 seasons of interest. Showy and long-lasting, this elegant fern has tall, plume-like, gracefully arching fronds. The large, lacy fronds emerge pale green in spring, with fertile, fresh-green fronds developing over summer.

An Athyrium pycnocarpon, commonly called silvery spleenwort, narrow-leaved spleenwort, and glade fern, Athyrium Tennessee Ostrich Fern has an upright, symmetric, vase-shaped habit. The plant spreads aggressively by creeping rhizomes, forming colonies of circular clumps over time. Typically grown as a groundcover, it is shown to best effect massed or grouped and is naturally well suited to moist woodlands and areas around ponds and streams. But it is perfect for adding fine, ferny texture underneath bigger shade plants and between deciduous trees. It also makes a nice specimen plant, suitable for containers.

Low maintenance, Athyrium