Athyrium sheareri Portugal Starting in late July

Starting in late July

The horse-shoe arranged leaflets look like an arisaema

We think you'll really like this easy-to-grow

Below 15F the foliage becomes deciduous

Some common seed strains were developed primarily as florist pot plants and generally don't persist in the ground

Athyrium sheareri Portugal Starting in late July(aka: Anisocampium sheareri) Athyrium sheareri is a dynamite, but little known groundcover fern, originally shared with us by fern guru and author, the late John Mickel, from his spore collection in Japan. This very slow spreader with scrumptious black green foliage, hails from valley and streamsides to 6,000' elevation in China, Japan, and Korea. Genetically, Athyrium sheareri is fascinating since it is an apomictic triploid (three times the normal