Asplenium tutwilerae China This Hosta 'Blue Umbrellas' x

This Hosta 'Blue Umbrellas' x H

the 5-6' tall sturdy clumps are topped with giant 18" flower heads of fragrant

the new leaves are heavily flushed with red

especially when growing on the side of a hill

a cross of H

Asplenium tutwilerae China This Hosta 'Blue Umbrellas' xAsplenium tutwilerae is an unusual, and very rare, naturally occurring fern from Alabama (formerly xAsplenosorus) that originated as the result of a historical conjugal visit between two native species, Asplenium platyneuron and the walking fern, Asplenium rhizophyllum. The same hybrid, published in 1865 as Asplenium ebenoides is a sterile diploid, while this hybrid, discovered in Hale County, Alabama, by botanist Julia Tutwiler in 1873, is a fertile