Dennstaedtia punctilobula Sohuksan Stokesia a real charmer

a real charmer

I can't personally attest that the flower actually resembles a geisha's eyes

Centranthus ruber also makes a great cut flower

Weeks later

Dennstaedtia punctilobula Sohuksan Stokesia a real charmerDennstaedtia 'Sohuksan' is a 2012 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of an amazing groundcover fern we fell in love with when we first saw it at the US National Arboretum (USNA 56547) in front of the Asian Valley exhibit. Dennstaedtia hirsuta, which is home from Siberia south to Taiwan, is much slower to spread than our native hay scented fern and consequently makes a fantastic deciduous, deer resistant groundcover (4' wide in 5 years) in the garden.