Blechnum chilense, Chilean Hard Fern woodland it's an unusual structure that

it's an unusual structure that defies description

it obligingly makes a thoughtful groundcover

Prolific golden-orange blooms in summer blanket the top of this 2 x 2 ft perennial with roots in the Great Plains (figuratively speaking)

Don't crowd

Grassy leaves in a tight clump follow pink flowers with narrow

Blechnum chilense, Chilean Hard Fern woodland it's an unusual structure thatEmerging 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