Cyrtomium lonchitoides Polianthes " Aspidistra 'China Star' makes

" Aspidistra 'China Star' makes a lovely groundcover where winter hardy via long-spreading rhizomes

put on some Celine Dion

near the Red River (just west of Folsom)

Helleborus 'Anna's Red' forms a 15" tall x 2' wide clump of dark green

edged in a narrow green band

Cyrtomium lonchitoides Polianthes " Aspidistra 'China Star' makes(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