Pyrrosia subfurfuracea Red China Veronicastrum Hosta 'Pineapple Upside Down Cake'

Hosta 'Pineapple Upside Down Cake' is truly a unique hosta that will stop you in your tracks

Asclepias purpurascens is one of those great North American native plants that should be grown in all sunny gardens

an outstanding addition to the woodland garden

with 15-18 downward-facing

Pyrrosia subfurfuracea Red China Veronicastrum Hosta 'Pineapple Upside Down Cake'Pyrrosia subfurfuracea 'Red China' is an outstanding, garden worthy Asian native (up to 6,000' elevation in Bhutan, India, China, and Vietnam) tongue fern that came to the US via the former Chen Yi Nursery in China, and was subsequently named and introduced without species identification by the now defunct Asiatica Nursery. In the garden, Pyrrosia subfurfuracea 'Red China' forms a tight clump of 15" long, stiffly upright dark green, evergreen fronds.