Cheilanthes eckloniana Naudes Neck Fragrant Flowers Illicium parviflorum 'Florence' was selected

Illicium parviflorum 'Florence' was selected and named by Woodlanders' plantsman Bob McCartney after Florence Webb

juvenile foliage

It grows in a wide range of conditions from wet to fairly dry

whose early spring foliage emerges dark raspberry before maturing to bronze

Cheilanthes eckloniana Naudes Neck Fragrant Flowers Illicium parviflorum 'Florence' was selected(aka: Notholaena eckloniana) One of the most exciting plants that we saw on our 2005 expedition to South Africa was a desert sun fern, Cheilanthes eckloniana. We have dropped to 9 degrees F since we have had it in the garden, and it has remained evergreen so far. The steely, blue green, deer resistant fronds emerge from the hairy tan croziers to form a 1' tall x 20" wide rock garden sized clump. These spore grown offerings of this 2013 Plant Delights