haven't grown soft or hard ruscus in the garden but last year when we went to Holland i bought a ruscus plant similar to the soft ruscus the florist i bought it from said it was a curly ruscus - i showed it to the head of horticulture at college and he said yep it was definately a curly ruscus and it's growing slowly but doing fine. i've kept it in a pot on the patio so moved it to a more sheltered area for the winter. it is a really pretty plant all the leaves are deep green and looks like a soft ruscus but the leaves curl around them self as they grow

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