{"title":"Pyrrosia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePyrrosia\u003c\/em\u003e is a genus of mostly evergreen, slowly rhizomatous Asian epiphytic ferns that adapt quite well to container culture. Pyrrosia is a very un-fern-like fern due to its strap-shaped leaves. The many foliage variations of \u003cem\u003ePyrrosia lingua\u003c\/em\u003e are highly prized as collector's \u003ca title=\"see our collection of plants from Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/exotic-garden-plants-from-japan\"\u003eplants in Japan\u003c\/a\u003e. Some of these unusual pyrrosia have lobed fronds while others have ruffled or variegated fronds.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003ePyrrosia (Tongue Fern) Growing Conditions\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePyrrosia ferns are stellar performers in warm temperate climates, especially if planted on a slope. Like most garden ferns, tongue ferns prefer \u003ca title=\"see sun requirements and light conditions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/pages\/sun-requirements-and-light-conditions#partsun\"\u003epartial sun\u003c\/a\u003e, a rich, well-amended soil, and average moisture. Some species will spread on short, stiff rhizomes, while other species form a small tight clump. The tongue-shaped fronds of pyrrosia ferns are deer-resistant and are great accents in the garden. They pair well with \u003ca title=\"See our complete acorus collection\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/acorus-calamus-sweet-flag-grass\"\u003eacorus\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"ophiopogon collection\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/ophiopogon-black-dwarf-mondo-grass\"\u003eophiopogon\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"See our carex selection\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/sedge-carex-grass\"\u003ecarex\u003c\/a\u003e, corydalis, and Solomon's seal to name a few.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pyrrosia-lingua-corymbifera","title":"Pyrrosia lingua Corymbifera","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis rare crested form of the tongue fern is among the most beautiful of the ferns we grow. Each dark green cardboard-textured frond, which emerges from the thin surface-growing rhizome, looks like a reindeer head after a bad experience with a four-wheel drive pickup...nice antlers, but sort of twisted out of shape. Grow this evergreen fern in a well-drained site on a slope for best performance.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21001120901,"sku":"1507","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Pyrrosia-lingua-Corymbifera.i-1507.s-65061.r-1_0345d7f2-5d94-4667-91da-84d72bb7599d.jpg?v=1791485439"},{"product_id":"pyrrosia-polydactyla","title":"Pyrrosia polydactyla","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe love this superb species of evergreen tongue fern from Taiwan, via a US National Arboretum expedition (USNA 45507-D). Unlike Pyrrosia lingua, Pyrrosia polydactyla doesn't run, but instead makes a stunning 1' tall x 1' wide textural clump of felty, five-fingered, dark green leaves. Pyrrosia polydactyla is a fern that deserves a very special specimen location in the woodland garden, although it really needs to be sited on a moderate to steep slope to perform its best. In a container, Pyrrosia polydactyla makes a superb and very easy-to-grow houseplant.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21024468677,"sku":"2145","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Pyrrosia-polydactyla.i-2145.s-20132.r-1_e995261b-2676-4ddd-91ed-1579a40cead0.jpg?v=1791890529"},{"product_id":"pyrrosia-lingua-alabama-gold","title":"Pyrrosia lingua Alabama Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003ePyrrosia lingua 'Alabama Gold', was shared by Alabama plantsman, Hayes Jackson, who found it for sale at a local garden center. Pyrrosia 'Alabama Gold' creeps via pencil-lead sized rhizomes that lay on the ground or any solid surface. Emerging from the rhizome are 10\" long, thumb-shaped leaves with a leathery texture. The green leaves are flushed gold when grown where it receives open shade or morning sun. Pyrrosia 'Alabama Gold' should form a 2' wide patch in 3-5 years, but will also make a stunning container specimen.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12454261456919,"sku":"4104","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Pyrrosia-lingua-Alabama-Gold.i-4104.s-65551.r-1_d89ca720-4fa9-444f-b8cf-76de8e764836.jpg?v=1790873036"},{"product_id":"pyrrosia-polydactyla-taipingshan","title":"Pyrrosia polydactyla Taipingshan","description":"\u003cp\u003ePyrrosia polydactyla 'Taipingshan' is our 2019 Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction from our 2008 spore collections from Taipingshan (Ilan County), Taiwan at 6,500' elevation. The amazing Pyrrosia polydactyla is an epiphytic fern that we saw growing attached to rock walls and other structures, although for us, it also grows fine in regular garden soil as long as it doesn't stay too wet. Pyrrosia polydactyla 'Taipingshan' forms a stunning 1' tall x 1' clump of dark green five-fingered felty green leaves...at home in the ground where winter hardy or in a container or hanging basket in colder climates.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29452713132119,"sku":"10024","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Pyrrosia-polydactyla-Taipingshan.i-10024.s-65906.r-1.jpg?v=1786651277"},{"product_id":"pyrrosia-eboshi","title":"Pyrrosia Eboshi","description":"\u003cp\u003ePyrrosia 'Eboshi' is an odd Japanese selection of tongue fern that is either a tetraploid selection of Pyrrosia lingua, or possibly, a hybrid with Pyrrosia sheareri. This oddity has 5\" tall, super thick, glossy, dark green, twisted leaves with fuzzy brown backs. It can either be grown as an epiphyte or in well drained soil, where it spreads quite slowly via a very thick, shortened rhizome.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41463530651735,"sku":"10020","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Pyrrosia-Eboshi.i-10020.s-68602.r-1.jpg?v=1790173112"},{"product_id":"pyrrosia-subfurfuracea-red-china","title":"Pyrrosia subfurfuracea Red China","description":"\u003cp\u003ePyrrosia 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. As the fronds mature, they develop large rusty orange (red) patches of spores on the back. 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