Athyrium filix femina Red Neck Girl Eryngium small green leaves

small green leaves

so don't plant it near smaller

which is a 1998 Werner Frosch introduction

It will not thrive in deep or very dry shade

Sometimes it's up to the horticultural mythbusters to swing into action and this is one of those times

Athyrium filix femina Red Neck Girl Eryngium small green leavesWe are pleased to finally introduce our Wake County, NC selection of our native southern lady fern, Athyrium filix femina. We selected and named Athyrium filix femina 'Red Neck Girl' as a heat loving counterpart to the northern selected Athyrium 'Lady in Red'. For us, Athyrium 'Red Neck Girl', makes a very vigorous clump of 30" tall fronds, each held on a bright red stipe (leaf stalk). The finely cut frond looks great against the red stalk we think