A few years ago, we introduced one of our Japanese painted fern sporlings of particularly giant proportions as Athyrium ‘Godzilla’. Recently, we found ourselves in search of another giant monster name for our new hybrid of Osmunda regalis (US) and Osmunda japonica (Japan). We settled on Osmunda x japalis ‘King Kong’ for this 7′ tall giant that we hope to one day share with gardeners around the world. For now, however, it remains a single, rather impressive clump in the gardens here at JLBG.
I’ll be waiting for that! It’s fabulous – I’ll make room for it!
I live in the jungle, so bring on King Kong! I love love love gigantic ferns.
I would love to purchase really large ferns for zone 10a. Bring ’em on!