a diminutive that means little more than 'small tree
and the old use as a hair tonic both nod to those glossy dark stems
or use in a row for year-round structure and privacy
the southern shield fern is the kind of plant that looks effortless precisely because so little is asked of the gardener once the fern is settled in the right spot
We continue to make rare plants like this available
Erythrina herbacea (Coral Bean) 25/3 Restock a diminutive that means littleA relic of the old Southern wilds, Erythrina herbacea, the coral bean, is a plant that commands attention, graceful yet defiant, wild yet refined. A legume native across the coastal Southeast, the coral bean shifts habit with the winter: in frost free zones the plant grows as a woody shrub, branching boldly above the ground, while farther north the top dies down with the first hard freeze, only to rise again from a thick, gnarled rootstock when the