Pteris wallichiana Hualien Giant Plants that Attract Birds 5" long x 1

5" long x 1

knitting needle-like leaves that are stiff and delightfully painful

Canna 'Pink Sunburst' is similar to Canna 'Bengal Tiger' (yellow and green striped leaves)

This ginger lily forms a clump of 4-5' tall stalks

clusters of fascinating liver-red

Pteris wallichiana Hualien Giant Plants that Attract Birds 5" long x 1Pteris wallichiana 'Hualien Giant' was one of the most impressive ferns we encountered on our 2008 expedition to Taiwan. At this 7,900' elevation site in Hualien County, Pteris wallichiana made dramatic, tropical looking, 8' tall specimens with bizarrely branching fronds. Pteris wallichiana 'Hualien Giant', a 2014 Plant Delights JLBG introduction, has been winter hardy in our zone 7b garden since 2009, where it only reaches 4' tall. Pteris wallichiana