Pyrrosia lingua White/Cream Foliage Plants expect a 4' trunked specimen

expect a 4' trunked specimen (eventually to 10'+) that will branch with age

The dramatic stalks of green- and yellow-striped variegated leaves with a brilliant maroon edge grow to 6' and are topped in summer with bright orange flowers that are favored by hummingbirds

moist soils

drought-tolerant

Lady slipper orchids are maintenance free in the garden once they are established in the correct growing conditions

Pyrrosia lingua White/Cream Foliage Plants expect a 4' trunked specimenWith leaves that look and feel more like a cow's tongue, it's hard to imagine that these are really ferns. Many books claim that Pyrrosia lingua isn't winter hardy here, but we grow only uneducated ferns that can't read gardening books. The hard rhizome grows along the ground and the leaves arise singly from it. The tongue shaped leaves have a unique, cardboard like texture with a felty backside and eventually make a nice evergreen mass. Pyrrosia