Comptonia peregrina Canada via both Jim Waddick and

via both Jim Waddick and Barry Yinger

but thrives in hot

In our trials

A sharp knife drawn through the base of the stem often works better than pruning shears

With all those uses

Comptonia peregrina Canada via both Jim Waddick andI am not a fern I am a shrub and a fragrant one at that! The common name, sweet fern, sums up its namesake well. Comptonia hails from Canada south to northern Georgia, where it is usually found on sandy dry soils in full sun as well as under an open canopy of sparse pine trees. The thick, fern like, green leaves are deliciously fragrant, as is common in its family, Myricaceae think wax myrtles. Comptonia peregrina spreads by short stolons, so don't