Pyrrosia lingua White/Cream Foliage Plants drought-tolerant

drought-tolerant

followed by blackberry-like ornamental seed pods

we recommend up-potting young Rhapidophyllum hystrix plants and keeping them indoors until they are larger

white flowers

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

Pyrrosia lingua White/Cream Foliage Plants drought-tolerantWith 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