Asarum kumageanum Green Leaf Form Spring ephemerals Sweet fern is a renaissance

Sweet fern is a renaissance plant in the garden

This stunning 1994 introduction from Virginia's Mobjack Nursery has a much darker green center than H

Asarum hirsutisepalum is a wonderful understory plant with year-round interest in the woodland garden

The distinctive triangular-shaped fronds of Phegopteris hexagonoptera are held atop 18" tall

deciduous male fern was selected for its very narrow fronds

Asarum kumageanum Green Leaf Form Spring ephemerals Sweet fern is a renaissanceWe have selected these A. kumageanums for their incredibly glossy black green foliage, looking as though they had just been through a car wash and wax. The 4" long pointed evergreen leaves make a quick growing 1' wide clumping specimen in a rich woodland setting. For those who thrive on insignificant facts, "kumageanum" means "bear's hair" in Japanese something to do with the location where it was originally found why ask why?