Description
a hybrid (probably Acanthus mollis x Acanthus hungaricus)
adorned by two tropical-looking
stars and stripes
This old Japanese cultivar is still one of the most prized hostas in American gardens
Paeonia ostii grows equally as well in hot
Cyrtomium tukusicola Rock Garden Plants a hybrid (probably Acanthus mollis(aka: Cyrtomium macrophyllum var. tukusicola) Cyrtomium tukusicola hails from the mountains (3,000' 8,000' elevation) of Japan, Taiwan, and much of southern China, but is somehow mostly missing from garden cultivation. This apomictic (self gratifying and self cloning) species forms an 18" tall x 18" wide evergreen clump. While each pinna (fern leaf) is larger than most other holly ferns, there are far fewer of them for us, 2 4 on each side of the