PROPAGATION. Division.
SPECIAL USES. Terrariums, rock gardens, wild gardens.
Camptosorus rhizophyllus Polypodiaceae Walking Fern
Small native evergreen fern, hardy from Canada to Georgia. Its name comes from the fact that the fronds are pointed on the ends and root on contact with the soil. It prefers to creep around limy rocks.
CARE. Lime-bearing soil, shade, dry. Hardy.
PROPAGATION. Root division.
SPECIAL USES. Terrariums, rock gardens, wild gardens.
Claytonia virginica Portulacaceae Spring Beauty
When the leaves of the forest trees are barely ready to break out in early spring, this lovely little plant is already in full bloom down on the ground. It makes colonies and even mats of precious white flowers which are tinged and streaked with pink and scarcely a half-inch across. But before the trees are in full leaf the spring beauty has gone back to sleep and disappeared, flowers, five-inch grass-like leaves, and all.
CARE. Woodsy soil, moist, shady or semishady.