Antennaria parvifolia Rehmannia just north of San Antonio

just north of San Antonio

so it's long overdue for us to share

whose pitchers are veined red

Cyrtomium lonchitoides has developed into a lovely compact evergreen fern to 1' tall x 2' wide in our woodland garden

we were driving through the restricted military region of North Vietnam

Antennaria parvifolia Rehmannia just north of San AntonioAntennaria parvifolia is a western North American (Canada south to Mexico) native that is the ultimate rock garden groundcover. The 1" tall, tight, silver leaf evergreen mat grows to only 1' in width after 2 years. In spring, the mats are topped with short matchstick like spikes of hairy brown tufts that look nothing like most folks idea of a flower. Little leaf pussytoes has thrived for us in dry, rocky soil in the rock garden, where it's a host