Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid-Atlantic Fall Plant Swap, 3 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
I have been Googling and trying to ID the Holly fern I got at HD.
It does not say anything on the generic tag. Just "Ferns"

--The two I could find was either the Japanese Holly fern (Cyrtomium Falcatum.
However--this variety's leaves seemed a paler green and more spaced out on the stem

Or--Cyrtomium Falcatum Rochforddianum--this one had the shiny leaves
but--it also said that that this fern has "roughly fringed margins" on the leaves.
I looked--mine do not have that.

One other thing that may be of concern is the hardiness zone. On the generic tag
it says that hardiness is 30*F. Height--8" - 30". Hmm-seems kind of small...
In the above search Fern--it says it is zone 6-10.

David--does this mean it may not be all that hardy around here?
Can you do some research on your own and let me know asap?
We are both zone 7a.

Thought a couple close-ups may help. Plus--the 3 I have for you so far.
I think they look fantabulous! g.
G.

This message was edited Aug 25, 2014 6:08 PM