Athyrium sheareri Portugal Starting in late July

Starting in late July

Because of its resistance to the dreaded Hibiscus sawfly

drought-tolerant foreground addition to a grouping of ornamental grasses

and much better than normal floral show

The 1' wide

Athyrium sheareri Portugal Starting in late July(aka: Anisocampium sheareri) Athyrium sheareri is a dynamite, but little known groundcover fern, originally shared with us by fern guru and author, the late John Mickel, from his spore collection in Japan. This very slow spreader with scrumptious black green foliage, hails from valley and streamsides to 6,000' elevation in China, Japan, and Korea. Genetically, Athyrium sheareri is fascinating since it is an apomictic triploid (three times the normal