Botanical Name: Pyrrosia lingua
Common Name: Japanese felt fern
Type of Plant: fern: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright clumping fern with broad, undivided lance-shaped fronds with a felted texture; spreads by rhizomes
Height to 18"
Spread to 18"
Growth Rate slow
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor part shade to full sun along the coast
Soil likes a well-drained loam
Hardiness some frost (zones 14-17, 19-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, blade to 10" long, 6" petiole covered with faint pubescence on underside
Flowers sori – covering lower surface of fronds
Fruit
 
Propagation:
division, spores
 
Usage:
can be used as a small-scale groundcover or container plant. Most often used for hanging baskets.
 
Landscape Care:
Watering moderate watering – can tolerate some drought
Fertilizing balanced, half-strength fertilizer monthly
Pruning remove dead fronds
Pests/Diseases scale
Special Conditions/Other keeps best foliage color in part shade
 
Origin: Southeast Asia
Family: Polypodiaceae

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