Shade Gardening: Favorite Fern Picture, 1 by marie_

marie_ wrote:
The Hay Scented fern must be at least five years old. (I don't always have the best records.) If it weren't buried right now under a foot of snow and ice, I would run out and look at the tag. This pic was taken in 2005.

My advice is to avoid Sensitve Fern. It is a thug that does not have a deep root system, but spreads like crazy and I have had trouble getting rid of it. It's beautiful, but it is going places that are reserved for other plants.

Here you can just see the Hay-Scented fern behind the solid hosta and to the left of the bird bath. It stays low and really compliments everything else around it.