Pteris wallichiana Taoshan Trail Erigeron This particularly winter hardy form

This particularly winter hardy form of the widespread (India to Indonesia) walking maidenhair fern was shared in 2012 by plantsman Roy Works

so we are delighted when we find a particularly showy form

Please note that this applies to this one species of calla lily

The low-spreading clump (5' wide in 5 years) is topped in mid-October with a solid cover of lovely

fast-offsetting clump of Hosta 'Green Ice' is composed of

Pteris wallichiana Taoshan Trail Erigeron This particularly winter hardy formPteris wallichiana 'Taoshan Trail' is our second spore grown selection from our 2008 botanizing trip to Taiwan. The giant 8' tall, branched ferns grew at 6,200' elevation underneath giant Taiwania cryptomerioides, along the trail as we hiked toward the Taoshan Waterfall. In the garden, Pteris wallichiana grows best in average to moist, rich, organic soils.