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Genus: A

Acanthus
bear's breech
Achillea
Yarrow
Acorus
sweet flag
Actinidia
hardy kiwi fruit; bower vine; kolomikta vine; tara vine
Adiantum
northern maidenhair fern
Aegopodium
variegated bishop's weed
Agastache
Giant hyssop
Ajuga
Bugleweed
Akebia
five-leaved akebia
Allium
onion; chives
Amphicarpaea
hog peanut
Amsonia
Arkansas blue-star; blue star; thread-leaf blue star; willow amsonia
Andropogon
big bluestem; turkey-foot
Anemone
Canada anemone
Anthoxanthum
sweet vernal grass
Apios
Indian potato; groundnut
Aquilegia
Columbine
Aralia
sarsparilla
Arctostaphylos
bearberry; kinnikinick
Arenaria
irish moss
Aristolochia
Dutchman's pipe
Armeria
sea pink
Aruncus
Goatsbeard
Arundinaria
canebrake bamboo; large cane; small canebrake bamboo; southern cane; switch cane
Arundo
giant reed; Italian reed; cana brava
Asarum
Wild ginger
Asclepias
butterfly weed; swamp milkweed
Asimina
pawpaw
Asplenium
ebony spleenwort
Aster
aster
Athyrium
Japanese painted fern; lady fern
Atrichum
(moss)

Next: B

Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Asplenium

(Polypodiaceae - polypody family)
Spleenwort. About 700 species of ferns of wide distribution. Leaves are usually evergreen and deeply cut or compound. Most of the Asplenium species are tropical epiphytes. The hardy species often grow in rocky areas, often in crevices or pockets of soil, and most are well suited to cultivation in such locations. Aspleniums do not necessarily have to be grown among rocks, but they should have very well drained soil and should not be subjected to soggy conditions.

platyneuron evgrn peren • ht 8-16" • zones 4-8

ebony spleenwort


native, rock garden, moist - dry, part shade - sun
e and cent N Amer

The graceful, upright fronds are slender, deep green, once-divided, with a dark, glossy stem. The fronds, which are semi-evergreen, continue to develop throughout the summer. A charming accent plant suited for use in rockeries or almost any place in the garden. Said to do fairly well in dry shade, but will grow well even in full sun as long as the soil is not too dry. Slugs, which are fond of the plants, may need to be controlled until the plants are well established. Ebony spleenwort is a hardy native species, however, and once established it can fend for itself quite well.

cat # 0Q2N
$8.95 each