Myriopteris wootonii Helleborus producing an overwhelmingly fragrant display

producing an overwhelmingly fragrant display of pendent

each dressed in sharp green leaves that take on a lovely mauvy purple color as nights cool in fall

all very nice

topped with clusters of white malva-like flowers

The 22" wide clump comes into flower for us in mid-April

Myriopteris wootonii Helleborus producing an overwhelmingly fragrant display(aka: Cheilanthes wootonii) Myriopteris wootonii is one of several, super cute, dwarf dryland desert ferns from the western US in this case, from Colorado south to Texas and west to California. The tiny, grey evergreen leaves of beaded lip fern form a tight colony 4" tall x 2' wide with age. Myriopteris wootonii is a superb, highly coveted rock garden fern, as long as the soil is well drained, and the site gets a few hours of sun. In brutally hot