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Italian arum thrives in a wide range of growing conditions from moist woodlands to dry hillsides

so expect a 3' wide patch in 5 years in good rich soil

From Inniswood Gardens in Ohio

Adorning the deer-resistant woody stems and small

Climbing aster is amazingly drought tolerant

Pyrrosia lingua Rain Garden Plants Italian arum thrives in aWith leaves that look and feel more like a cow's tongue, it's hard to imagine that these are really ferns. Many books claim that Pyrrosia lingua isn't winter hardy here, but we grow only uneducated ferns that can't read gardening books. The hard rhizome grows along the ground and the leaves arise singly from it. The tongue shaped leaves have a unique, cardboard like texture with a felty backside and eventually make a nice evergreen mass. Pyrrosia