Companion plants for Japanese Painted Fern
Japanese Painted Fern is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long. It wants part shade and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming alongside
Rosebay Rhododendron
Shares part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; stands well above at 11 ft, a canopy to plant beneath.
Evergreen Huckleberry
Shares part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 7.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Mountain Laurel
Shares part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 9 ft, for the layer behind it.
Western Wild Ginger
Shares part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border.
Woodland Stonecrop
Shares part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border.
Western Sword Fern
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Northern Sea Oats
Shares part shade and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Zigzag Goldenrod
Shares part shade and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
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