Blechnum nipponicum Ophiopogon light lavender flowers on 15"

light lavender flowers on 15" scapes

The 1' long x 2" wide

and making notes

Native to moist slopes and low woods from Minnesota south to Alabama

where many years of temperatures to -15F have proven no problem

Blechnum nipponicum Ophiopogon light lavender flowers on 15"While most blechnum ferns hate our humid summers, the Asian native Blechnum nipponicum has proven quite reliable. Blechnum nipponicum makes a unique symmetrical evergreen clump of 18" long fronds that emerge rosy red and upright, then flatten out late in the growing season, appearing as though a testosterone laden spouse drove through the woodland garden with a heavy duty tractor. Although it's not the easiest fern to cultivate, a well prepared soil