Dryopteris commixta 5a In cool summers

In cool summers

Though drought tolerant

triangular leaves with a distinctively artificial rubbery texture

The pouches are backed by ruby violet twisted sepals

pizza-like purple flowers

Dryopteris commixta 5a In cool summersSince we first planted Dryopteris pycnopteroides in 2000, this easy to grow, evergreen Asian clumper has become one of our all time favorite ferns. The show starts in spring with amazing alien antennae like, black stemmed croziers that unfurl in a grab your camera moment. Weeks later, the shiny, erect, dark green fronds reach 2' in length, highlighted at the base by black "fur". Our 10 year old clumps are 18" tall x 2' wide. Unfortunately, Dryopteris