Shade Gardening: A Few Ferns Around the Garden - Pictures, 1 by gregr18

gregr18 wrote:
Who could forget the Bracken Fern? This one has fallen over, as they often do around here towards the end of the summer. It is a very top heavy fern with a precariously thin stem to hold up its mass. They can be invasive, but I only have four or five growing in two different parts of my property, and their numbers don't increase. It is an interesting fern with a sophisticated arsenal of natural insecticides to keep would-be pests at bay.