Athyrium niponicum Lemon Cream Spigelia Unlike most of the orange-red

Unlike most of the orange-red flowers

Improvements include better habitat

Symphyotrichium 'Snow Flurry' received a 5 star rating from the Chicago Botanic Garden trials

lavender double flowers

the clumps are topped with 30" tall scapes of light lavender flowers

Athyrium niponicum Lemon Cream Spigelia Unlike most of the orange-red(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"