Athyrium Godzilla - Fern Bloom Fall foundation planting

foundation planting

It’s like confetti in plant form

as Doug Tallamy and other researchers emphasize

41/2 inch flowers emerge coneflower pink with darker pink streaking that adds a nice bit of contrast to each flower upon close inspection and an excellent subtle hued shading at a distance

Deployed around a garden bed they provide lovely and durable patches of color and texture that are hard to match

Athyrium Godzilla - Fern Bloom Fall foundation plantingAlmost incorporeal lace like leafs unwind from the earth each spring to give birth to this shade loving perennial. Larger than the traditional Athyrium n. Pictum variety, this fern starts small, but unfurls into a shade loving monster. The spiked lace like leaves and just off white green coloration along with its nonstandard size evoke images of the famous Kaiju that gives this fern it's name. For those inspired by cryptozoology, or gardeners looking