Crinum buphanoides SI forms Northern Africa Here in the lower Piedmont

Here in the lower Piedmont of NC

Dryopteris 'Linearis Polydactyla' is an old English selection of Dryopteris filix-mas

each accented by a wide creamy margin that ends in a wavelike swirl at the edges

it was botanically described from a cultivated specimen (a no-no) and never known from the wild

The trunks of Butia odorata eventually reach 10'

Crinum buphanoides SI forms Northern Africa Here in the lower PiedmontCrinum buphanoides (looks like a boophone not related to a cell phone) comes from the northern regions of South Africa where it can be found growing in areas that are swampy during the summer months and dry in the winter. The large rosettes of fleshy glaucous leaves are often heavily rippled a reason to grow the plant even if it didn't flower. In summer, the huge flower spikes are adorned with up to 50 white, sweetly fragrant, star shaped flowers,