Dryopteris australis Medicinal Plants the patch is topped with

the patch is topped with a mass of 10" stalks of pink daisies

revealing the pure white inside of the pitcher

pale lavender-blue flowers

dark green leaves are edged with a wide band of creamy gold

All will thrive in gardens of average moisture

Dryopteris australis Medicinal Plants the patch is topped withDryopteris x australis is a very rare East Coast American native a naturally occurring hybrid between Dryopteris x celsa and Dryopteris ludoviciana. The growth habit is dramatically upright with large, coarse, dark green, semi evergreen fronds reminiscent of a giant Christmas fern plugged into an electrical outlet! This is a very structural, deer resistant fern for the moist woodland garden, eventually making a clump 4'+ tall x 2' wide. Although