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Osmunda japonica 'Gotemba Crest'

The Japanese Royal Crest

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Looking great in the garden is month is the highly coveted crested form of Royal Fern, Osmunda japonica ‘Gotemba Crest’. Osmunda japonica is the Asian equivalent to our North American Osmunda spectabilis, and Eurasian Osmunda regalis. This stunning form of the moisture-loving, sun tolerant fern, from Japan’s Gotemba Nursery matures at only 2′. Our next

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Tongue Caught in the Crack

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We’ve struggled for years to grow some of the exceptional forms of Hart’s Tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium in our hot, humid climate. One cultivar that we’d long been enamored with is Asplenium ‘Keratoides’. After killing nearly everything we had, we stuck one in the crevice garden, where, to our amazement, it has performed marvelously. It

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