Ilex vomitoria 'Folsom's Weeping' Vines Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' lays soft

Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' lays soft

and across much of the United States the species has proven aggressively invasive

a green exclamation where most ferns manage a comma

a clump builds quickly into a strong vertical presence

then hang on as the last summersweet leaves to fall in autumn

Ilex vomitoria 'Folsom's Weeping' Vines Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' lays softYaupon is the fine textured evergreen holly of the Southeast, native along the coastal plain from Virginia to Texas and a member of the holly family, Aquifoliaceae. The species wears small, glossy, oval leaves on gray twigs, tolerates salt, drought, and hard shearing, and has long anchored Southern gardens as hedge, screen, and topiary. 'Folsom's Weeping' breaks from that upright habit entirely: a tall female selection whose branches spill downward in