Athyrium sheareri Platycladus This is a superb selection

This is a superb selection that

We have also seen Ensete maurelii used in large summer containers with great effect

we planted several seedlings here at the garden

when they were the subject of legendary plant lust and equally lusty hoarding

Athyrium sheareri Platycladus This is a superb selection(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