Here is my fave... Japanese Painted Fern.
Favorite Fern Picture
Nice photo beth. Here Japanese Painted Ferns just fade away. Not enough cold for them I think. It's wonderful to see such a healthy one. Nice photo too.
reeeaaaaally? Here I go again. Lusting for plants I can't grow...
Really rob. They just won't grow for me. You can grow the East Indian Holly Fern though and it's pretty spectacular. (Arachniodes aristata var 'Variegata')
Thanks Doss! I can't find it on plant files though...could you send me a link whenever you can?
Here's Big Dipper's photo.
http://www.bigdipperfarm.com/cgi-bin/searchstuff.pl?Catagory=Fern
Here's the entry in the plantfiles
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/183246/
Oh how beautiful! Thanks Doss. OK, I can lust for this one now!
You are welcome. It's always fun to enable plant lust of any kind.
I have that one Rob (the East ind. Holly). They did well over the winter and have put out new growth now. Very pretty fern.
My experience with the Japanese Painted is they just don't like even moderately dry spots. Mine continually struggled until I moved them to my shadiest, muckiest, muddiest bed. Now they're happy and seem to get bigger each season. We have high humidity here; that may be why they didn't do as well for you there, Doss?.
Deb
Luckily no high humidity but they aren't in the wettest part of the garden. Thanks for the tip Deb.
Deb, thanks for the tip! Unfortunately we are very dry here, altough I keep my ferns pretty wet, I think. But we can't really control the high heat!
Rob, I hear ya. We have the heat, but lots of moisture to go with it. I'll swap you. ;->
Here's a snail's eye view of Southern Maidenhair.
Deb
Beautiful photo Deb. It looks like a whole forest of maidenhair fern.
I love the curl at the tip of the maidenhair fern in your photo Debin.
I've never had much luck with ferns, but these Autumn Ferns aren't doing too badly, even with the goat's chewing on them non-stop!
LOL! Can you believe it took me at least a couple minutes to understand what you were saying!
LOL! My goat is close to the street and I see lots of folks do doubletakes as they ride by!
Lussah - your ferns are certainly doing well. Autumn ferns are so hardy! What a treat for you neighbors to see what's going on in your garden.
Doss,
Thank you. I've been so pleased with these A. ferns that I planted 2 years ago that I have added many more in other spots. Holly fern has also done fairly well. However, this year and last, our latest freezes got some of its new growth. I found some polystichum polyblepharum today and plan to get it in the ground tomorrow. Just hope no one asks me to pronounce that! I'd have to go with 'tassel fern'!
I reckon my neighbors enjoy seeing what I'm doing. No one else around here is into gardening. I'm sure some of them wonder why I don't just plant lots of pretty flowers considering all the time and moolah I spend in/on the garden.
Melissa
Every once in awhile I find people looking at my gardens. A lot of my garden is in the front since we live on a corner with 24 foot setbacks so I grow bearded iris there and have roses and a perennial garden. Right now the iris are putting on a big show. I don't have much shade in front though. Somehow the street trees never made on our street.
I'll bet that more people are enjoying it then you think. Another easy fern to grow is Athyrium filix-femina or Lady Fern if you are thinking about branching out.
I actually have a little bit of the Lady in Red fern. I'd planted it in the bed off the front porch and it looked scraggly so I moved it last year. I was amazed that it came back. I also have some other noids that have managed to hang on. I guess all the compost and mulch are working!
My favorite picture if not fern. What is it? I've had these for a few years and don't remember what they were when I planted them. I've got one or two more for ID to follow.
Another to ID
Postmandug - if you don't get an ID here then post your ferns in their own thread for ID purposes. Pretty ferns.
Love those button ferns. They will happily grow in the dark.
Here are some maidenhairs in my woodland garden, 2nd year from bareroot. Love them, they are so delicate yet hardy.
Not sure what type these are but I love the way the morning light shines thru! Glorious!
Some more morning magic
Nice light effects with the photos Abby. The combo of the ferns with the tulips and ajuga is very pretty too.
Abby: Love your morning ferns.
I kind of liked how this one turned out. Autumn Fern late this afternoon after a t-storm.
Deb
Deb, I just found this thread. Did I send you that Autumn Fern? I have chain fern coming up along a fence:-) Gonna be a great background for the hostas there!
Bev
Delightful photos and ferns.
The cinnamon fern is very elegant now.
Bev: Yes, you did! Glad you chain fern is growing. :)
Sempervirens: You cinnamon looks very happy! I have one that didn't do well last summer. I think it suffered badly from the drought and I was afraid it was gone. But it is now putting up little tiny signs of life. Yay!
Deb
Deb. beautiful photo!
Love the cinnamon fern semp. The early cinnamon "fronds" if that what they are called are so stunning.
Doss
No match with yours but here is my little collection.
Kaleem
Here
Another one but I dont know the names of my ferns
Beautiful ferns Kaleem. I actually don't have a very wide selection. I love the last fern in particular.
Kaleem: Whatever they are, they're very, very pretty. :)
Deb