Trachycarpus nanus 5b Athyrium filix-femina is an easy-to-grow
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Athyrium filix-femina is an easy-to-grow
deer-resistant US native (Minnesota south to Florida) with sturdy
forming a wild-looking clump that reminds me of those delightfully silly
you'll have some happy bumblebees in the garden
Hosta 'Northern Exposure' makes a wide clump to 6' wide
Trachycarpus nanus 5b Athyrium filix-femina is an easy-to-growTrachycarpus nanus is one of the rarest of the hardy windmill palms. Our oldest garden plant, which has matured at 3' tall x 4' wide, dates from 2006, but it's been over 15 years since we had any to share. This very rare dwarf windmill palm, with glaucous green foliage, was re discovered in 1993, by Gibbons and Spanner in Yunnan, China, on dry slopes above 6500' elevation. Trachycarpus nanus doesn't form an above ground trunk. When the plants mature