Peltandra virginica Purplicious India Asplenium scolopendrium 'Furcata' is an

Asplenium scolopendrium 'Furcata' is an alien-looking selection of the evergreen Hart's-tongue fern with fronds that split at the tip (furcate) forming a Y-shape

but often partially green

Sir Neville Marriner

the rosette is topped annually with a thick 5' tall spike of upright-facing large white umbels in mid-July (NC)

This is one of those rare native plants which should be common in gardens for it blooms for months and is always well behaved and thrives in average garden conditions:part shade

Peltandra virginica Purplicious India Asplenium scolopendrium 'Furcata' is anPeltandra 'Purplicious', a 2023 Plant Delights JLBG introduction, is one of the most amazing native plant selections we've ever grown. NC plantsman naturalist Jesse Perry was botanizing near his Raleigh, NC home, when he spotted and subsequently rescued a dark purple stemmed form of our native (Canada south to Texas) aquatic aroid, Peltandra virginica, growing in the midst of a typical green stemmed patch. From a deciduous underground rhizome the 2'