Asplenium tutwilerae China and larger terminal black spines

and larger terminal black spines

In early April

the 5-6' tall sturdy clumps are topped with giant 18" flower heads of fragrant

Beschorneria are one of the few "woody lilies" that prefers some shade

" but we guess it's one of those southern hemisphere things

Asplenium tutwilerae China and larger terminal black spinesAsplenium tutwilerae is an unusual, and very rare, naturally occurring fern from Alabama (formerly xAsplenosorus) that originated as the result of a historical conjugal visit between two native species, Asplenium platyneuron and the walking fern, Asplenium rhizophyllum. The same hybrid, published in 1865 as Asplenium ebenoides is a sterile diploid, while this hybrid, discovered in Hale County, Alabama, by botanist Julia Tutwiler in 1873, is a fertile