Paesia scaberula Syria producing an elegant 20" tall

producing an elegant 20" tall x 56" wide clump of large

they may be very late to emerge

and wild-loving gardeners

The leaf edge emerges a creamy yellow in spring and turns nearly pure white by summer

Paesia scaberula Syria producing an elegant 20" tallWe have long been fans of scented lace fern, but its popularity and slow rate of spread leaves us rarely with any to share. Paesia scaberula is a New Zealand native hardy fern, which grows on dry, rocky cliffs and in open areas. Although Paesia scaberula lives for us in light shade, it really thrives in sun, where it forms a deciduous, rhizomatous patch to 3' wide in 2 years. The 1' tall fronds are incredibly lacy one of the most finely divided ferns