Comptonia peregrina Medicinal Plants Cypripedium tibeticum makes a small

Cypripedium tibeticum makes a small 8" tall clump

Flowering is heaviest in late spring

as a sedative

strap-like

Good drainage is a key to success

Comptonia peregrina Medicinal Plants Cypripedium tibeticum makes a smallI 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