Pyrrosia lingua Yabane Fu Heliconia Helleborus niger and their near

Helleborus niger and their near kin

Dryopteris affinis is equally successful at home in either acidic or alkaline soils as long as it doesn't get extremely dry in summer

and the chance of foliar diseases increases

where it reaches 18" tall x 6' wide

The tidy gardener might want to cut the stems to the ground at this point

Pyrrosia lingua Yabane Fu Heliconia Helleborus niger and their nearPyrrosia lingua 'Yabane Fu' is a selection of the epiphytic Japanese tongue fern with 7" long, thick, leathery evergreen leaves with randomly jagged edges and equally random streaks of green and yellow. All pyrrosia lingua forms are just as happy growing on a tree or rock as long as their foliage gets adequate moisture. We prefer our plants in containers of a compost rich mix. In the ground, the soil needs to be very organic, and well drained, and in