Adiantum venustum Winter Delights Hellebores so locate it so that

so locate it so that it stays very dry during the winter months

where it lives alone as the only member of the genus

if you spot a special seedling

If you are fortunate enough to be one of the 700+ people who have flowered a corpse flower

The specific epithet "formosanum" means beautiful but can also refer to a species' origin in Taiwan

Adiantum venustum Winter Delights Hellebores so locate it so thatThis dainty looking evergreen gem is amazingly cold hardy but less thrilled with long hot summers. However, when given enough summer moisture, it has performed admirably in our NC woodland garden. While slow to get started, Adiantum venustum makes a nice patch to 3' wide in 5 10 years, depending on the quality of soil preparation. In 1996, we saw Adiantum venustum growing at 11,000' elevation on a rocky outcrop in the mountains of Yunnan, China a