Athyrium Branford Beauty Ophiopogon the 3' wide clumps are

the 3' wide clumps are topped with 2' tall scapes of deep lavender flowers

interspersed in late fall and again in late winter/early spring with fragrant dark purple flowers nestled just below the leaf tips

it's got it all

straight and with a petticoat

Salvia 'Golden Girl' is a Salvia x jamensis (Salvia greggii x Salvia microphylla) hybrid from Nevin Smith at California's now defunct Suncrest Nursery

Athyrium Branford Beauty Ophiopogon the 3' wide clumps areAthyrium 'Branford Beauty' comes to us from the garden of late, legendary Connecticut gardener, Nick Nickou. Athyrium 'Branford Beauty' is a dramatic hybrid between the Japanese painted fern (Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum') and our native lady fern (Athyrium filix femina). The result is a splendid, upright arching, clump forming, deer resistant fern that reaches 3' tall x 4' wide at maturity, which for us took about 5 years. The muted colors of purple,