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Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC
Cheilanthes eckloniana 'Naude's Neck'
Ecklon's Lip Fern
Item #: 8805
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Origin: South Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
(aka: Notholaena eckloniana) One of the most exciting plants that we saw on our 2005 expedition to South Africa was a desert sun fern, Cheilanthes eckloniana. Although we have only dropped to 9 degrees F since we have had it in the garden, it has remained evergreen so far. The steely, blue-green, deer-resistant fronds emerge from the hairy tan croziers to form a 1' tall x 20" wide rock garden-sized clump. These spore-grown offerings of this 2013 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction are from plants growing along the road to Naude's Neck Pass at around 8,000' elevation. Cheilanthes eckloniana is named after the 1800s Danish plant collector Christian Ecklon.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Cheilanthes
Leaf Color: Green , Silver/Grey
Container Role: Fillers
Garden Themes: Green Roofs , Living Wall , Rock Garden Plants , Southwest Garden Plants , White Garden
Other: Deer Resistant Plants , Drought Tolerant Plants , Plant Delights Introductions , Xeriscaping Plants , Colored Foliage , Tony's Favorites