Silene ovata Taxus Copper fern has proven quite

Copper fern has proven quite easy to grow in our sunny rock garden alongside agaves and cacti

with 20" tall spikes

barring extended droughts

Flowering starts for us in late June and continues into September

This is a very structural

Silene ovata Taxus Copper fern has proven quiteSilene ovata, also known as Blue Ridge catchfly, is one of the rarer of the US native catchflies, with a native range from southern Illinois south to Georgia. This is not a common species anywhere and we need your help to share this worldwide to ensure its survival. In the wild, Silene ovata is found in forests on rocky wooded slopes, but we've grown it since 2006 in half day sun, and found it amazingly easy, even in unattended parts of the garden