Adiantum venustum Calamintha Throughout the late spring and

Throughout the late spring and sporadically into mid-October

but thrives in hot

Sweet fern is a renaissance plant in the garden

8' tall specimens with bizarrely branching fronds

making a 2' wide clump

Adiantum venustum Calamintha Throughout the late spring andThis dainty looking evergreen gem is amazingly cold hardy but less thrilled with long hot summers. However, when given enough summer moisture, it has performed admirably in our NC woodland garden. While slow to get started, Adiantum venustum makes a nice patch to 3' wide in 5 10 years, depending on the quality of soil preparation. In 1996, we saw Adiantum venustum growing at 11,000' elevation on a rocky outcrop in the mountains of Yunnan, China a