Woodwardia unigemmata, Jeweled Chain Fern attracts butterflies This rather recent and native

This rather recent and native Chinese arrival is a woodland groundcover ginger with large

Low mounding form if left unstaked

this fabulously rewarding but hard-to-come-by shrub has sage-green leaves and abundant

dense mound of small

The flowers open from interesting inflated buds

Woodwardia unigemmata, Jeweled Chain Fern attracts butterflies This rather recent and nativeExhilarating copper pink to orange red new fronds become green, grand, and arching. They terminate in what's called a "gemma" (a new plant start), that upon touching the ground creates another plant. This is one intriguing, giant fern from China. Mature size: 3 ft T, 7 ft W; semi evergreen in the Pacific Northwest. Minimum temperature: 0 F