Pteris multifida Korean Petticoat Woodsia Dryopteris affinis makes a nice

Dryopteris affinis makes a nice solitary specimen but is also great for a mass planting in the woodland shade garden

While they will survive in less light

5' tall stalks are topped with 11-13 flowers each

Agave flexispina was unblemished down to 0 degrees F

Pteris multifida Korean Petticoat Woodsia Dryopteris affinis makes a niceI first saw this delightful crested form of the easy to grow Pteris cretica in 2006 at Harriet and Wade Mahlke's Alabama garden. Wade found the fern growing in the forest near Gyeong Ju, South Korea during a 1997 visit, and was able to gather spores. His find closely resembles the widely cultivated Pteris 'Wilsonii', but has been winter hardy here since 2007, so we have assigned it the cultivar name Pteris 'Korean Petticoat' and it became a 2013 Plant