Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Milkweed for Monarch what can we do 2014, 0 by Muddy1

Muddy1 wrote:
My ferns and Chelone do fine (some of my ferns, far too well) in a part-shade area in a low part of the yard that is only marginally wetter than the rest of the yard. I neglected watering my Chelone this past summer and the leaf edges turned a little brown, but otherwise they were fine.

Some of my ferns (native - some kind of Dryopteris I think) multiply like rabbits in those conditions! They are happy in dry areas of the yard, but don't multiply as quickly that way. I'm looking forward to giving some away at the plant swap. If I don't pull them up, they take over (see the fern behind the Chelone? that's a baby fern).

Here's a photo of my Chelone (1st year in ground), perennial begonia and an Autumn Fern...and my Savannah bird girl. The Autumn Fern doesn't multiply like the natives, fortunately.


This message was edited Feb 27, 2014 8:12 PM