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This exquisite Pyrrosia was shared with us by the ever-travelling plantsman Adam Black from his own collection in Taiwan. Imagine our suprise when on a stroll through the nursery with Adam we discovered we were now the sole keeper of this and its twin collection, that is until we got the great pleasure of returning it to Adam's keeping. Conservation at work baby! Now you can join us in that great effort and hopefully if we ever suffer tragic losses you can be our backup! The species matsudae is a bit infuriating taxonomically, in appearance it is VERY similar to Pyrrosia polydactylos, though it can be distinguished by the lack of uniformity in frond lobing. Adding to the confusion some sources have inexplicably lumped it with P. davidii which having many collections of that species is very much different. 

All of this probably means very little to you and you are simply drooling over the felty multi-fingered deliciousness presented outwardly, us too. This has proved hardy for us thus far in our collectors garden and wants the usual well-drained but moist, shady, preferably epiphytic situation as its brethren.

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The oldest Polypodium cultivar, indeed the oldest clonal herbaceous plant in cultivation. Originating from a 1668 (That's before Carl Linnaeus and binomial nomenclature for reference) collection by Richard Kayse of a uniquely lacerated Polypodium cambricum on a high rocky cliff where it still grows. Beyond the unbelievably cool opportunity to own such a cool part of horticultural history, the fern itself is gorgeous with well cut bipinnatifid fronds, its easy to see why what began as one plant in one spot has now made its presence known across continents and centuries. 

*Thanks to Neil Frame (@fern.topia) for the photo!

This hybrid offspring of Primulina 'Hisako' is notable for its silver lined foliage reminiscent of ghostly sidewalks on full moon nights. Large purple flowers and compact form round out the package. 

We grow the yellow Primula prolifera and the black cherry P. wilsonii var. anisidora in our shaded bog garden and the bees, to whom we give full credit, created this fine hybrid strain of quite gorgeous Candelabra Primroses. Stone-fruit colored flowers ranging on the spectrum between the two parents.

The deciduous Photinia beauverdiana is a loose-limbed, sinuous presence in the garden. White flowers are followed by showy clusters of orange-red fruit which hold their position long enough for a slam dunk combination with the autumnal yellow of the leaves. Kelly was standing on a sloped mossy rock stretching to collect a fruit of this for a friend when he fell, holding the fruit safely aloft rather than using his hand to break his fall, and cracked a rib. From that day on, he has trash-talked this graceful species as "That phucking Photinia". A well-loved punchline lost to its taxonomic repositioning into Pourthiaea, well those 'Pour' taxonomists are just gonna have to suck it up cause we give everything for the bit here.