Athyrium sheareri Assam region of India a cross of the US

a cross of the US native Cypripedium kentuckiense and the Asian native Cypripedium speciosum

This is the taller of our two introductions with flower stalks that top out at 30"

xHansara 'Jumping Jacks' forms a 14" tall x 27" wide clump of narrow

an easy-to-grow evergreen fern

adjacent to the South Carolina Darlington Raceway

Athyrium sheareri Assam region of India a cross of the US(aka: Anisocampium sheareri) Athyrium sheareri is a dynamite, but little known groundcover fern, originally shared with us by fern guru and author, the late John Mickel, from his spore collection in Japan. This very slow spreader with scrumptious black green foliage, hails from valley and streamsides to 6,000' elevation in China, Japan, and Korea. Genetically, Athyrium sheareri is fascinating since it is an apomictic triploid (three times the normal