Adiantum x mairisii, Mairis's Maidenhair Fern Size:.5 qt So it's a plant for

So it's a plant for experienced gardeners used to trial and error who realize plants can die for no apparent reason at all

Fill your garden with Alchemilla mollis and take it from there

And of course

lightly leafy "filler" or matrix

Mature size: 4-6 ft T x 2-4 ft W

Adiantum x mairisii, Mairis's Maidenhair Fern Size:.5 qt So it's a plant forFine charcoal black stems hold fluffy light green leaflets on fronds 15 inches tall. It slowly proliferates, given moist humus and shade, to form a colony of lush, lacy, fresh green mounds. This, as was kindly pointed out to us, is easily confused with the Chinese Adiantum marisii (can't imagine why). This one, Adiantum x mairisii, was discovered ca. 1885 at Mairis & Co. Nursery in England, hence the spelling. It is deciduous but persists into winter.