Matteuccia struthiopteris The King Perennial Plant of the Year Bonariensis (latin for "Buenos Aires")

Bonariensis (latin for "Buenos Aires") vervain is great in the garden or in flower arrangements

and a quick way to hide your untidy neighbors

but this baby is truly chosen for its wonderful form

looking indeed like a bloody nose (late April in NC)

Grab your sunglasses

Matteuccia struthiopteris The King Perennial Plant of the Year Bonariensis (latin for "Buenos Aires")(aka: Matteuccia 'Fanfare') Matteuccia 'The King' is an amazing selection of ostrich fern, distributed by the late Larry Mellichamp, who got it from NC's Powell's Garden around 1985. Matteuccia 'The King' is one of the few forms we've found that thrives in the hot, humid southeastern US, where normal ostrich ferns fear to tread. The 3' tall deciduous rosettes (6' tall under ideal conditions) spread vigorously via underground rhizomes. In nature, the