One of our favorite desert/dryland ferns that grace our crevice garden is the Texas native, Pellaea ovata. The zig-zag rachis (the thing that holds the leaflets) gives it its common name of zig-zag fern. This dryland evergreen native from Central Texas south into Central America, makes a great specimen for a rock garden setting. For us, it always thrives much better when planted near a rock, and in rocky soils, nearly neutral pH. This specimen of Pellaea ovata ‘Dripping Springs’ was grown from a small division from a plant we spotted in central Texas.
