Beschorneria septentrionalis Fairey Christmas Chrysogonum (syn: Thelypteris hexagonoptera) Phegopteris hexagonoptera

(syn: Thelypteris hexagonoptera) Phegopteris hexagonoptera is one of the most garden worthy US native ferns we grow

Thanks to plantsman Jim Waddick for sharing this gem

For over three decades

This slow but easy-to-grow hosta is topped with nice stalks of white flowers that attract hummingbirds in early summer

each ending in a large chartreuse golden leaf

Beschorneria septentrionalis Fairey Christmas Chrysogonum (syn: Thelypteris hexagonoptera) Phegopteris hexagonopteraBeschorneria septentrionalis, discovered in 1987, is a little known North American native agave relative, that hails from the scrubby mountainside shade in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Resembling a cross of an agave with a hosta, Beschorneria septentrionalis forms clumps of large evergreen, non spiny rosettes to 18" tall x 4' wide. After becoming well established, Beschorneria septentrionalis will produce 5' tall, glossy red flower spikes, adorned with lovely