Thelypteris ovata var lindheimeri Austin City Limits Sri Lanka was re-discovered in 1993

was re-discovered in 1993

The flowers emerge just prior to the new foliage on this deciduous deer-resistant clumping selection

further enhanced with extremely fragrant lavender flowers on 2' scapes in midsummer

before being moved to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens in Alabama in 1976

Enjoy a mass planting of Lycoris sprengeri and you'll think you're on one of those trips where you don't have to leave the farm

Thelypteris ovata var lindheimeri Austin City Limits Sri Lanka was re-discovered in 1993(aka: Thelypteris normalis A2T 025, Pelazoneuron ovatum var. lindheimeri) Thelypteris ovata var. lindheimeri 'Austin City Limits' is a wonderful but virtually unknown deciduous fern, closely related to the better known Thelypteris kunthii. In 2000, Texas plantsman garden writer Scott Ogden took me to a road cut in Comal County, Texas (about 40 minutes south of the Austin city limits), where this tough fern was growing quite well in a sunny site among