Blechnum chilense, Chilean Hard Fern drought-tolerant orange-brown

orange-brown

It can also be a charming groundcover

This large beautiful flower will make you think you are vacationing in exotic climes

semi-double flowers with a boss of yellow stamens bloom against lustrous dark green leaves

In advantageous circumstances

Blechnum chilense, Chilean Hard Fern drought-tolerant orange-brownEmerging in late spring, initial growth is a rich orange bronze later becoming dark green. The fronds are especially wide with interesting, enlivening crinkled pinnae or leaflets. Semi evergreen, it benefits in colder climates by leaving the fronds as a mulch in winter. This is a rhizomatous spreader with 34 foot fronds! It will assume mighty proportions if its soil is a rich, moist humus. Minimum temperature: 0 F