Pyrrosia subfurfuracea Red China Jasminum With parents like Hosta 'Elvis

With parents like Hosta 'Elvis Lives' and 'Komodo Dragon'

The result is a 17" tall x 3' wide clump of very glossy green leaves that have an amazing amount of waviness

Andre Michaux

rain-shadow deserts of Nuevo Leon (northern Mexico) between 3000 and 4000' elevation

Deer-resistant

Pyrrosia subfurfuracea Red China Jasminum With parents like Hosta 'ElvisPyrrosia 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.