Beschorneria septentrionalis Fairey Christmas Chrysogonum Thanks to plantsman Jim Waddick

Thanks to plantsman Jim Waddick for sharing this gem

topped in late summer and early fall with a tremendous floral show of very fragrant soft yellow flowers with a dramatically contrasting orange throat and stamens

(syn: Thelypteris hexagonoptera) Phegopteris hexagonoptera is one of the most garden worthy US native ferns we grow

each ending in a large chartreuse golden leaf

The blue foliage adds a lovely color to the garden

Beschorneria septentrionalis Fairey Christmas Chrysogonum Thanks to plantsman Jim WaddickBeschorneria septentrionalis, discovered in 1987, is a little known North American native agave relative, that hails from the scrubby mountainside shade in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Resembling a cross of an agave with a hosta, Beschorneria septentrionalis forms clumps of large evergreen, non spiny rosettes to 18" tall x 4' wide. After becoming well established, Beschorneria septentrionalis will produce 5' tall, glossy red flower spikes, adorned with lovely