Dryopteris remota 25/12 Restock in keeping a living fossil

in keeping a living fossil alive

the shrub fruits on the current year's growth

the Moravian Jesuit and pharmacist whom Linnaeus chose to commemorate

the plant brings strong color and structure to a sunny border

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Dryopteris remota 25/12 Restock in keeping a living fossilDryopteris remota, the remote wood fern or scaly buckler fern, is one of those quiet accidents of nature that turns out better than anything a breeder set out to make. The fern is a naturally occurring hybrid between the scaly male fern, Dryopteris affinis, of western Europe and the British Isles, and the broad buckler fern, Dryopteris expansa, of cooler northern woods. From the affinis parent the hybrid took shaggy stalks thickly clothed in golden