Fargesia scabrida Cheilanthes (aka: Anisocampium niponicum) Athyrium niponicum

(aka: Anisocampium niponicum) Athyrium niponicum 'Wildwood Twist' is a superb selection of the deer-resistant Japanese painted fern from NC's own reclusive plant breeder

Selected by California horticulturist

rates this among his top 10 most indispensable plants

Imagine taking an old favorite like Mildred Seaver's Hosta 'Sea Thunder' and making the leaves twice as thick to prevent sun scald

Fargesia scabrida Cheilanthes (aka: Anisocampium niponicum) Athyrium niponicumFargesia scabrida is a relatively newly cultivated and highly coveted upright Chinese clumping bamboo. First described in the 1970s, plants of Fargesia scabrida from 8,800' elevation in Ping Wu county in Sichuan Province were finally imported to Holland by Jos van der Palen of Kimmei Nursery in 1997. Fargesia scabrida has a habit similar to Fargesia robusta as it forms a 12' tall clump prized for its large foliage and prominent leaf sheaths which