Pteris multifida Korean Petticoat Hardy Orchids This is our 1999 seedling

This is our 1999 seedling

Hibiscus 'Red Flyer' is a 2002 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction of a hybrid of two US natives

In moist garden soils

the clump is topped with 2' tall spikes of lavender flowers

Pteris multifida Korean Petticoat Hardy Orchids This is our 1999 seedlingI first saw this delightful crested form of the easy to grow Pteris cretica in 2006 at Harriet and Wade Mahlke's Alabama garden. Wade found the fern growing in the forest near Gyeong Ju, South Korea during a 1997 visit, and was able to gather spores. His find closely resembles the widely cultivated Pteris 'Wilsonii', but has been winter hardy here since 2007, so we have assigned it the cultivar name Pteris 'Korean Petticoat' and it became a 2013 Plant