Athyrium Branford Beauty Crinum Agave striata has good winter

Agave striata has good winter hardiness and has been fine at 0 degrees F in our garden

where two lonely natives

About the only maintenance you'll need to consider is a cutback if your clump of Calamintha nepeta becomes a bit bedraggled during the growing season

starts blooming slightly earlier in the fall and with slightly larger flowers than many Iris unguicularis selections

Helleborus foetidus is a handsome foliage plant

Athyrium Branford Beauty Crinum Agave striata has good winterAthyrium 'Branford Beauty' comes to us from the garden of late, legendary Connecticut gardener, Nick Nickou. Athyrium 'Branford Beauty' is a dramatic hybrid between the Japanese painted fern (Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum') and our native lady fern (Athyrium filix femina). The result is a splendid, upright arching, clump forming, deer resistant fern that reaches 3' tall x 4' wide at maturity, which for us took about 5 years. The muted colors of purple,