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Gerald L. Klingaman
(Asparagus Fern, Compact Asparagus Fern, Sprenger's Asparagus Fern)
Asparagus fern is a tender evergreen perennial native to South Africa. The cultivars in the Sprengeri Group have arching stems bearing whorls of awl-shaped, leaf-like cladophylls. This cultivar is denser and shorter than most Sprenger's asparagus ferns. Small, waxy white flowers along the stems produce bright red berries in summer. These berries and seeds are fertile and readily germinate nearby the mother plants, soon to create a thicket of plants.
The compact asparagus fern likes partial sun...
Jessie Keith
(Asparagus Fern, Sprenger's Asparagus Fern)
Sprenger's asparagus fern is a tuberous perennial native to South Africa with arching, fern-like, green leaves that are small, short and narrow. Small, waxy white flowers along the green stems produce bright red berries in summer. The long stems have prickly thorns on them.
Plant Sprenger's asparagus fern in partial sun to partial shade exposures in fertile, moist, well drained garden soil. With protection from frost, it may be planted in borders or as a billowy groundcover. The pendulous habit...
James H. Schutte
(Ming Asparagus Fern, Pom Pom Asparagus Fern)
Often mistaken for a fern, this large, rangy member of the asparagus clan is a popular house plant and is grown outdoors in frost free tropical gardens. It is native to the arid regions of South Africa, a clue to its resilient nature. The foliage is composed of pompoms of soft needle leaves in dense bundles that give a soft cloudy appearance overall. Bearing the leaves are upright, stiff, woody beige stems with a unique branching structure that inspired the common name, zig zag fern. This plant...
James H. Schutte
(Common Asparagus Fern)
Flowers from a secret admirer, corsages and arrangements out of your cutting garden are more beautiful with the addition of the old florist's favorite, common asparagus or plumosus fern. Native to South Africa, it is an evergreen, vining perennial that is not a fern at all, but a member of the lily family. It is a popular house plant that can be grown outdoors in the frost free tropical garden.
Plume asparagus fern is native to South Africa where inhabits tough terrain. This resilient plant...
Michael Charters, www.calflora.net
(Asparagus Tree Fern, Broom Fern, South African Broom Fern, Tiki)
The delicate foliage of broom fern adds a soft, airy look to flower arrangements. This African and Asian native is a tender, evergreen perennial that’s not a true fern at all but a member of the lily family. In temperate zones it can be grown as a houseplant or summer patio specimen.
Broom fern produces spreading mounds of fine foliage. Its long, wiry stems are lined with thread-like cladodes, which are small, flattened branches that look like leave but are not. No true leaves are produced....
Gerald L. Klingaman
(Cast Iron Plant)
Cast iron plant, a native of China, is an evergreen perennial known for its ability to withstand deep shade. Its upright glossy, blade-like leaves are dark green or variegated. The coarse foliage produces a bold, tropical effect year-round in warm climates or as a houseplant in cold climates.
Plant cast iron plant as a groundcover in deep shade in fertile, well drained, sandy soils. Though it thrives on neglect, water and fertilize regularly in the summer growing season for spectacular results....
James Burghardt
(Cast Iron Plant, Striped Cast Iron Plant)
Cast iron plant, a native of China, is an evergreen perennial known for its ability to withstand deep shade. Its upright glossy, blade-like leaves are dark green or variegated. The coarse foliage produces a bold, tropical effect year-round in warm climates or as a houseplant in cold climates.
Plant cast iron plant as a groundcover in deep shade in fertile, well drained, sandy soils. Though it thrives on neglect, water and fertilize regularly in the summer growing season for spectacular results....
James Burghardt
(Cast Iron Plant, Stars and Stripes Cast Iron Plant)
Cast iron plant, a native of China, is an evergreen perennial known for its ability to withstand deep shade. Its upright glossy, blade-like leaves are dark green or variegated. The coarse foliage produces a bold, tropical effect year-round in warm climates or as a houseplant in cold climates.
Plant cast iron plant as a groundcover in deep shade in fertile, well drained, sandy soils. Though it thrives on neglect, water and fertilize regularly in the summer growing season for spectacular results....
Grandiflora
(Cast Iron Plant, Variegated Cast Iron Plant)
Variegated cast iron plant is an evergreen perennial with upright blade-like, glossy, dark green leaves with cream-white striations. Its coarse foliage produces a bold, tropical effect year-round in warm climates or as a houseplant in cold climates.
Plant outdoors as a groundcover in deep shade in average, well drained, sandy soils or indoors in containers. Water and fertilize regularly in the summer growing season. Over-fertilization leads to diminished leaf variegation.
(Floralee Mother Fern, Mother Fern)
This bright green fern is identical to its parent species except that it’s more cold hardy, and may be grown at the low end of its zone rating. The parent is native to New Zealand and Australia and is called mother fern because young plantlets form along the fronds, detach over time (or early if disturbed), fall to the ground and root, eventually forming colonies. Plantlets are genetically identical to the mother plant. This is a symmetrical open center fern with long fronds that become weighted...