Myriopteris wootonii Helleborus topped with clusters of white

topped with clusters of white malva-like flowers

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

first discovered in 1998 in southwest Florida

The stalks rise upward until late June (NC) when they are topped with terminal sprays of light brown flowers

producing an overwhelmingly fragrant display of pendent

Myriopteris wootonii Helleborus topped with clusters of white(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