Pleopeltis lepidopteris Morro dos Conventos North American Native Plants Starting for us in late

Starting for us in late April

the spectacular tan- and purple-speckled bud emerges from the foliage

The result is an extremely vigorous

and the time of the blossom all relate to the kind of pollinator preferred by the plant

We obtained this wild-collected Hemerocallis altissima clone many years ago from the New York Botanical Garden and have added a cultivar name to distinguish it from the species imposters

Pleopeltis lepidopteris Morro dos Conventos North American Native Plants Starting for us in lateFor a fern we didn't even know existed before 2010, Pleopeltis lepidopteris has quickly become one of our favorites. This sun loving lithophytic (rock grower) fern hails from the sandy, acidic coastal (restinga) habitats in southern Brazil (Rio Grande du Sul). This offering is a Yucca Do find from a disjunct population along the beach in Morro dos Conventos, Brazil. The 2' tall x 2" wide, rigidly upright fronds emerge covered in thick silver hair, to