Cyrtomium lonchitoides Southwest Garden Plants The equally tiny

The equally tiny

its spent flower heads resembling pale stars

bold-textured element in the woodland garden

Sitting just above the foliage is a plump stalk of flowers that resembles a miniature pineapple

Cyrtomium lonchitoides Southwest Garden Plants The equally tiny(aka: Polystichum lonchitoides) Cyrtomium lonchitoides is a little known holly fern that hails from forests between 4,000' and 8,500' elevation in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan. For us, Cyrtomium lonchitoides has developed into a lovely compact evergreen fern to 1' tall x 2' wide in our woodland garden. Well drained soils are best since Cyrtomium lonchitoides often grows in the wild as a