Dryopteris marginalis Comptonia This fast growing Bob Kuk

This fast growing Bob Kuk hybrid makes a great edging plant with heart-shaped golden leaves

a favorite of early foraging honeybees

and a narrow enough profile to fit in almost any sunny garden situation

In the woodland garden

We have been told adding extra magnesium (Epsom salts) to the soil will help prevent the foliage burning

Dryopteris marginalis Comptonia This fast growing Bob KukDryopteris marginalis is a superb easy to grow, but often overlooked, native fern that should be in every woodland garden. From Maine, west to Oklahoma, and south to Georgia, Dryopteris marginalis can be found on rocky woodland slopes. Dryopteris marginalis typically makes an 18" tall x 2' wide, evergreen, deer resistant, vase shaped clump.