Dickie Jarrett grows an amazing collection of beautiful and unusual plants in his three greenhouses in Newland, North Carolina. He especially likes unusual ferns, and has a wide assortment of hardy and tropical ferns ranging in size from huge Boston Ferns to diminuative Table Ferns. He grows the uncommon Australian Woods fern from divisions each year, and keeps a supply of Japanese and Lady in Red ferns on hand as well.

Lovers of easy-care houseplants will be delighted with Dickie's begonia collection. He has perfectly grown pots of Iron Cross, Angel Wing, and the facinating Escargot Begonias along with Nonstop tuberous Begonias with their colorful blooms. Dickie prepares all kinds of hanging baskets as well, including baskets with the mid-blue blooming streptocarpus that will easily provide color all summer long.

Dickie also grows garden plants for the landscape, he has lots of colorful daylilies and around 4,000 boxwood liners.

Be sure to see Dickie's colorful and inventive birdhouses and wind chimes. He has unique birdhouses made from pine, cherry, oak, maple and black walnut, and wonderful mechanical hummingbirds and bluebirds for your porch or deck.

Contact Dickie by e-mail or visit Briarpatch Greenhouse in Newland from till 5 on Monday through Saturday.