Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Asplenium We received our original plant

We received our original plant from Jack de Vroomen of Marlboro Bulb Company

744 expired) Aucuba japonica 'Natsu-no-Kumo' was discovered in Japan by Seiju Yamaguchi

as this cousin comes from a distant limb of the family tree

This Blooms of Bressingham introduction makes a weed-smothering groundcover mat of creeping stems and small dark green leaves

Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Asplenium We received our original plant(aka: Aceriphyllum rossii) With a name like Mukdenia, it's gotta' be good and it is. I first ran across mukdenia in 1997 while botanizing Korea's Mt. Sorak. There it was on a sheer rock cliff, resembling dozens of hands trying to claw their way up from the crypt sorry, far too many horror movies as a child. In the garden, mukdenia prefers moist, rich soil, where it forms a 2' wide deciduous clump of green foliage, topped in April and May (NC) with 2'