3 Godzilla Japanese Painted Ferns Planted In Back Shade Garden - June 2025

I've failed to post the installation of much of what we brought home from the Morton Arboretum Arbor Day Plant Sale this year.  I posted this 'highlights' of the sale post at the beginning of May, between then and now, I've planted a number of things that we bought at the sale.  The first set of plants are these three Godzilla Japanese Painted Ferns.   Athyrium 'Godzilla' Ferns.  

Here's the sign from the sale that describes this fern as having 'epic proportions'.  How epic?  It says it can spread between four-and-six-feet.  That's B I G.    Also...note the 'rabbit resistant' listing on the sign.  I'm all for that feature in EVERYTHING we plant.

I bought three of them and they looked good in their nursery containers:

In the back, on the southside, I have three "Crested Surf" ferns that were planted in/around a Japanese Flowering Cherry Tree.  That tree...died, but the Crested Surf Japanese Painted Ferns - after getting established for a few seasons appear to be happy and healthy.  I planted these three 'Godzilla' ferns *behind* the Crested Surf ferns and spaced them a few feet apart.  See below - where you can see the three Godzilla ferns in the middle of the photo and some of the Crested Surf ferns at the bottom of the photo: