Dryopteris affinis The King Lepisorus Here is a gem for

Here is a gem for the woodland rock garden

This toad lily was originally introduced by John Elsley of Wayside Gardens under the incorrect name Tricyrtis formosana 'Amethystina' (an extinct clone of the running species)

but grow faster in evenly moist soils

but is strangely absent from most American gardens

Salvia chamaedryoides differs in having silvery-grey foliage and cobalt blue flowers and it is a smaller plant

Dryopteris affinis The King Lepisorus Here is a gem forIs this a macho hardy fern or what? Dryopteris 'The King' is a remnant from England's Victorian fern craze that makes a superb garden specimen to 30" tall x 30" wide. The broad, semi evergreen, rich green fronds boast petticoats on both the end of each pinnae and the end of each frond. Imagine a king with that many petticoats and without a wife hmmm. Regardless, Dryopteris 'The King' is a great deer resistant specimen fern for that prized spot in the