Pyrrosia subfurfuracea Red China Patterned Foliage Hosta 'Caesar Salad' weathers brutal

Hosta 'Caesar Salad' weathers brutal summers in great shape

'Lakeside Shore Master'

edged in creamy yellow

green "broom

but this collection is from three counties further west than Iris brevicaulis is usually documented as occurring

Pyrrosia subfurfuracea Red China Patterned Foliage Hosta 'Caesar Salad' weathers brutalPyrrosia subfurfuracea 'Red China' is an outstanding, garden worthy Asian native (up to 6,000' elevation in Bhutan, India, China, and Vietnam) tongue fern that came to the US via the former Chen Yi Nursery in China, and was subsequently named and introduced without species identification by the now defunct Asiatica Nursery. In the garden, Pyrrosia subfurfuracea 'Red China' forms a tight clump of 15" long, stiffly upright dark green, evergreen fronds.