Osmunda regalis Groundcover Shrubs a lineage once spread worldwide

a lineage once spread worldwide and now scattered mostly across the Southern Hemisphere

strap-like petals that spread apart like the legs of a starfish or a spider

espalier-fashion

Give a sheltered spot out of hard freezes at the cold edge of the range

drought and salt are shrugged off

Osmunda regalis Groundcover Shrubs a lineage once spread worldwideOsmunda regalis, the royal fern, is a plant of stature and quiet nobility, at home where the woods remember water and time moves slowly. The genus Osmunda gives its name to an ancient family, the Osmundaceae, sometimes called the flowering ferns, with a fossil lineage that reaches back past the Jurassic; a royal fern in the garden is a living relic of a far older flora. The natural range runs from Nova Scotia to Florida in North America, and on