Athyrium niponicum Wildwood Twist China In the jungles where they

In the jungles where they grow

Colocasia 'Black Magic' is a four exclamation point plant with dusty

makes a 2' tall x 3' wide clump of upright stalks clothed with 5" wide

eventually creating a stack of porcupine-like balls

Athyrium niponicum Wildwood Twist China In the jungles where they(aka: Anisocampium niponicum) Athyrium niponicum 'Wildwood Twist' is a superb selection of the deer resistant Japanese painted fern from NC's own reclusive plant breeder, Thurman Maness (of lobelia fame). Athyrium 'Wildwood Twist' produces fronds which emerge a lovely silver grey, although we haven't seen any sign of a twist perhaps that's what Thurman did when he selected it. This 18" tall x 3' wide clump is one of the most asked about selections of