Polystichum acrostichoides Southwest Garden Plants I am a shrub

I am a shrub

The growth bud should be planted just below the soil surface

Salvia greggii

They are often called "Autumn Sage" for their peak bloom is late summer into fall

nor will it impede any gardening deeds

Polystichum acrostichoides Southwest Garden Plants I am a shrubPolystichum acrostichoides is a wonderful, easy to grow, deer resistant US native (Minnesota south to Florida) with sturdy, dark, evergreen fronds emanating from a central point, making a 2' wide clump particularly effective when used in drifts. The fronds first emerge upright, then flatten with age. Christmas fern (known in PC circles as the Seasonal Holiday Fern) is one of the finest of all evergreen ferns and retains its attractive appearance all