Polystichum polyblepharum Best Seller a low-maintenance backbone for the

a low-maintenance backbone for the shade garden

are graceful shrubs of the family Iteaceae

Ilex serrata

not for eating out of hand

Polystichum polyblepharum Best Seller a low-maintenance backbone for thePicture a midnight green fountain unfurling in a woodland garden: that is Polystichum polyblepharum, the Japanese tassel fern. Native to Japan and South Korea, this evergreen fern forms elegant, shuttlecock shaped clumps of glossy, bipinnate fronds to eighteen or twenty four inches tall and wide, bringing shimmering texture and structure to shady corners. In spring the fiddleheads twist back on themselves, like silk tassels, before straightening into