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This rarely offered variety represents a truly dwarf maidenhair, usually less than six inches tall and spreading very slowly into a very small‐scale groundcover. The glossy black stalks hold aloft typical, but greatly dwarfed maidenhair foliage. Deciduous and best with good drainage in a relatively rich organic soil in lightshade. Native to coastal bluffs and cliffs on Vancouver Island. These were grown from spore collected in the Alpine Garden here at the RSBG. A perfect plant for a container or tucked in amongst rocks in a rockery.
A rarely cultivated deciduous fern which spreads via long aboveground rhizomes. The bright green fronds are softly hairy and up to one foot in length. These long-lanceolate fronds have entire (not dissected or “fern-like”) margins that are strongly undulate, very attractive. A stunning groundcover for mild regions. Grow it in a hanging moss-lined basket so that the rhizomes pop out through the entire basket. Native from the eastern Himalaya into China and south into Thailand where this species grows on damp rock faces and cliffs or as an epiphyte. A collection from SE Asia.
The “Caterpillar Fern” is a slowly creeping fern native to eastern Asia where it grows epiphytically in trees and on rocks. The fronds are semi-deciduous (in colder climates) and up to a foot or so in length. The new growth emerges a pale blue-green and the smooth-edged pinnae (leaflets) have undulate margins. The creeping stem is green and looks rather like a smooth caterpillar, thus the common name. Great in a hanging basket where it will eventually completely cover the entire basket. A stunning foliage plant with a great texture and striking appearance. These are divisions of a plant collected wild in Taiwan.
A rarely offered or cultivated hardy evergreen fern with softly hairy and entire (not "ferny") foliage. This is a slowly clumping species with shortly elongating rhizomes (vs. many of the other species of Pyrrosia which send out long runners) which will form a small-scale groundcover with time. The fronds are widest above the middle with a gradually narrowing base. This variable species ranges widely throughout most of China and Taiwan and into the eastern Himalaya where it occurs on shaded and moist rock faces and as an epiphyte. A great specimen for container gardening, rarely available anywhere. A collection from SE Asia.
A slowly creeping evergreen fern with entire leaves (not dissected and “ferny” looking) that are rounded/obovate in shape with a long acuminate drip tip and are around four inches in length. The foliage is quite thick and leathery and the lower leaf surface has a silvery‑rufous indumentum. The glossy upper surface features perfectly straight and parallel angled black veins. Slowly spreads by aboveground rhizomes and eventually forms a small‑scale, very dense groundcover. Seems to be quite hardy here so far and best in shade. A collection from SE Asia. NOTE: This was previously sold as P. heteractis.
A slowly creeping evergreen fern with entire leaves (not dissected and “ferny” looking) that are lanceolate in shape and up to a foot or so in length. The foliage is quite thick and leathery and the lower leaf surface has a silvery‑rufous indumentum. Slowly spreads by aboveground rhizomes and eventually forms a small‑scale, very dense groundcover. Seems to be quite hardy here so far and best in shade. A collection from SE Asia.
A very slowly creeping evergreen fern with entire leaves (not dissected and “ferny” looking) that are long and narrowly lanceolate in shape and up to an astonishing two feet or so in length. The foliage is quite thick and leathery and the lower leaf surface has a silvery-rufous indumentum. Has been quite hardy here so far and best in shade. Native to southeastern Asia (primarily China and Taiwan) where it grows epiphytically or on cliffs and boulders. Best in a container or amongst rocks so that the crown is not sitting directly on the flat ground. Our first offering, these are VERY slow to bulk up.