Epimedium baieali guizhouense Symphyotrichum Pteris wallichiana 'Hualien Giant' was

Pteris wallichiana 'Hualien Giant' was one of the most impressive ferns we encountered on our 2008 expedition to Taiwan

which gives this tight 10" tall x 2' wide clumper a silver sheen in the garden--somewhat like a 70-year-old with a mop-top cut sans hair coloring

that start for us in late June

It must be kept potted and slightly dry while dormant

open woodlands

Epimedium baieali guizhouense Symphyotrichum Pteris wallichiana 'Hualien Giant' was(aka: E. borealiguizhousense) Epimedium baieali guizhouense is a recently discovered (published 1993) Chinese species from Yunnan and Guizhou provinces where it can be found between 1,000' and 2,000' elevation. Epimedium baieali guizhouense makes a robust, evergreen, 4' wide clump with long, spiny edged green leaves and topped in spring with 18" tall stalks of cloud like flower heads, each containing hundreds (we estimated) of tiny white flowers