{"title":"Cheilanthes","description":"\u003cp\u003eCheilanthes are one of several genera of delightful, small, dry-land, deer-resistant ferns that grow in full sun. Cheilanthes species are native throughout the world. The native American Cheilanthes species range from coast to coast (including North Carolina) in the cracks of alkaline rocks. Many of the desert cheilanthes species that we have tried have thrived in our well-drained beds...another excuse to build a rock garden. As our specimens produce spores, we'll be able to offer more Cheilanthes ferns for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCheilanthes belongs to a class of \u003ca title=\"See complete fern collection\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/fern-plant-hardy-ferns-perennial-outdoor-garden\"\u003eferns\u003c\/a\u003e called \"sun ferns\". Plants in this group are unlike the typical shade-loving, soil-dwelling ferns we are all know. The sun ferns live on rock outcroppings in exposed sites. As you might expect, Cheilanthes ferns are drought-tolerant and very tough. Cheilanthes are great ferns for containers, rock gardens, tucked into stone wall crevices and are excellent small specimen plants. When you are ready to buy cheilanthes for your garden, check out our online list of cheilanthes for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cheilanthes-eckloniana-naudes-neck","title":"Cheilanthes eckloniana Naudes Neck","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Notholaena eckloniana) One of the most exciting plants that we saw on our 2005 expedition to South Africa was a desert \u003ca title=\"See more sun ferns\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/fern-plant-hardy-ferns-perennial-outdoor-garden\"\u003esun fern\u003c\/a\u003e, Cheilanthes eckloniana. We have dropped to 9 degrees F since we have had it in the garden, and 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.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21028781509,"sku":"8805","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Cheilanthes-eckloniana-Naudes-Neck.i-8805.s-68285.r-1.jpg?v=1790348864"},{"product_id":"cheilanthes-distans","title":"Cheilanthes distans","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe have been very pleased with the ease of growing the xeric (likes it dry) fern, Cheilanthes distans, which hails from rocky outcrops in New Zealand and Australia. Cheilanthes distans is a charming dwarf dryland fern that forms a tight 6\" tall, dense clump of stiff black stipes, each adorned with stiff, green, crinkly foliage. Cheilanthes distans is an easy-to-grow specimen for rock gardens and miniature railroads from zone 7b south, and in the North it is a great container specimen. The key for success with Cheilanthes distans is a dry spot in the winter months.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21029342597,"sku":"9545","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Cheilanthes-distans.i-9545.s-66305.r-1_38821c55-8769-4b7e-a628-450e833fc313.jpg?v=1790349918"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/collections\/Cheilanthes-distans.jpg?v=1667395097","url":"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/cheilanthes-sun-fern-lip-fern.oembed","provider":"Plant Delights Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}