Polystichum acrostichoides 4b Salvia microphylla 'San Carlos Festival'

Salvia microphylla 'San Carlos Festival' was the best of a population in full flower in October

When brushed or crushed

leathery leaves give a very tropical appearance

We can think of few better woodland drought-tolerant groundcovers for summer flowering than this amazing gesneriad

and with Hosta 'Peter Pan' as a parent

Polystichum acrostichoides 4b Salvia microphylla 'San Carlos Festival'Polystichum 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