Cyrtomium falcatum Plasticity Fragrant Foliage Plants deer-resistant native fern that is

deer-resistant native fern that is adaptable to moist sunny gardens as well as dry shade

golden border

Leaf rust is occasionally encountered

selected by Yucca Do Nursery because of its blue-grey leaves on a species whose foliage can range from light green to grey

purple to brown striped

Cyrtomium falcatum Plasticity Fragrant Foliage Plants deer-resistant native fern that isCyrtomium 'Plasticity' is a 2011 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of plant I spotted back in 2008, walking through the temperate house at the Missouri Botanic Garden. My eye was drawn to an obviously odd holly fern in the midst of a mass planting of Cyrtomium falcatum. Upon feeling up the foliage (still legal in Missouri at the time), it was obvious the ploidy (the number of chromosomes) was higher than normal. Instead of feeling like a normal holly