Pteris multifida Korean Petticoat Abutilon The leaf axils are home

The leaf axils are home to small bright yellow flowers in mid-May (NC)

truly stunning

who realized it was a hybrid and named it after Warley Place

starting in early July (NC) with 3' tall spikes that end in a terminal cluster of 9-11 large

Emerging in February and March

Pteris multifida Korean Petticoat Abutilon The leaf axils are homeI first saw this delightful crested form of the easy to grow Pteris cretica in 2006 at Harriet and Wade Mahlke's Alabama garden. Wade found the fern growing in the forest near Gyeong Ju, South Korea during a 1997 visit, and was able to gather spores. His find closely resembles the widely cultivated Pteris 'Wilsonii', but has been winter hardy here since 2007, so we have assigned it the cultivar name Pteris 'Korean Petticoat' and it became a 2013 Plant