Astrolepis sinuata Jo Levy Dennstaedtia one of the very few

one of the very few ferns that will tolerate sun in our climate

a la Lorena Bobbitt

Moist soils are best

Hosta longissima 'Nakafu' forms a small 6" tall x 18" wide clump of narrow

Astrolepis sinuata Jo Levy Dennstaedtia one of the very few(syn: Cheilanthes sinuata) Astrolepis sinuata 'Jo Levy' is one of our favorite desert sun ferns, shared with us by orchid specialist Jo Levy of Memphis, who found this form of the Southwest US Mexican native particularly adaptable in her humid, wet Southeast garden. Astrolepis sinuata 'Jo Levy' forms a slowly expanding, 18" wide, evergreen clump of rigidly upright black green fronds, backed with a dense brown coat of spores (fern seed). Astrolepis