Woodwardia unigemmata, Jeweled Chain Fern attracts butterflies It can handle dry shade

It can handle dry shade once established

this fabulously rewarding but hard-to-come-by shrub has sage-green leaves and abundant

Fairly inconspicuous

Roadside-tough and tolerant of neglect

particularly when prepared with two other Impatiens species

Woodwardia unigemmata, Jeweled Chain Fern attracts butterflies It can handle dry shadeExhilarating copper pink to orange red new fronds become green, grand, and arching. They terminate in what's called a "gemma" (a new plant start), that upon touching the ground creates another plant. This is one intriguing, giant fern from China. Mature size: 3 ft T, 7 ft W; semi evergreen in the Pacific Northwest. Minimum temperature: 0 F