Comptonia peregrina, Sweet Fern gritty soils for the jaded Calocedrus decurrens

for the jaded Calocedrus decurrens needs to be reconsidered

'Chocoholic' has purple-bronze (okay

Prefers sun or part shade for heaviest bloom

It takes my breath away

Held aloft above bronzed spring foliage

Comptonia peregrina, Sweet Fern gritty soils for the jaded Calocedrus decurrensEvergreen, C. peregrina has fern like leaves that also smell sweetly of fern. It has an exotic look but is eminently useful as a bank stabilizer or a colonizer in areas of very poor soil. The yellowish green spring flowers don't amount to much, but the nutlets that they give way to are interesting in combination with its unusual foliage. It comes from poor, gravelly infertile soils of eastern North America. Mature size: 2 5 ft T x 2 4 ft W Minimum