Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)

Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)Hardy, North American perennial Description: Dark, leathery, evergreen fronds up to 5 inches across form a handsome groundcover with arching foliage Habit: Fronds reach 1 2 feet high; clumps grow up to 2 feet wide Culture: Prefers moist, rich, acidic soil and part shade Hardiness: Cold hardy to USDA Zone 3 Origin: North America Attributes: Evergreen This evergreen, Eastern North American species gets its name because it is still showy at Christmas

Though he is entering retirement

Gordon-Reed also brings a keen intuitive sense of the psychological complexities of human relationships—relationships that

was found in the gardens of France and Britain since the sixteenth century when they were grown in the medicinal gardens of monasteries

Publisher: Penguin Classics

and Jefferson was no exception

attracts butterflies and hummingbirds

Publisher: Yale University Press

29 black and white illustrations

a rolling tray table that combines elegance and function in the best Jeffersonian tradition

Known in the 18th century as Andromeda arborea

Our nation's first

but they were especially popular in the 19th century on pillars and arches or grown as hedges