Adiantum pedatum prophouse-on-the-horizon with leaves notably larger than

with leaves notably larger than those of the typical hybrid Abelias

throwing pink flowers when the garden most needs them and drawing the first bees

or entry where the polished red-brown trunk can be admired

drawing on three species at once: the Eastern Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus)

and the wildlife

Adiantum pedatum prophouse-on-the-horizon with leaves notably larger thanIn the cool hush of shaded woods, Adiantum pedatum rises on slender, glossy black stems that hold the lacy green fronds in flattened semicircles, each a hand turned fan or horseshoe of finely cut segments. Standing twelve to thirty inches tall, the northern maidenhair forms serene clumps that spread slowly on creeping rhizomes, never in a hurry. In early spring the fiddleheads emerge a rosy to burgundy hue and uncurl into the distinctive bird's foot,