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Post by Cheerypeabrain on May 15, 2007 19:18:31 GMT
I've always liked ferns, but over the past few years this has become a bit of an obsession! Culminating this year in the creation of a small fern bed (about 2m long and the width of a paving slab) along the fence in the shade ;D It's amazing how much you can cram in there! so far I have-
a tiny tree fern (barely an inch of trunk purchased from Tescos)
Buckler fern
harts tongue fern
linear male fern
oak leaf fern (yet to make an appearance...still sulking)
polypodum vulgara
crytonium fortunei
a small 'hardy' maidenhair bought at Malvern
another one bought with no label years ago...hardy & deciduous
japanese painted fern
also in this bed are 2 helleborus, a skimmia and a wild ginger...ooh and 2 trilliums ;D
In another part of the garden I have a reasonable sized dicksonia antarctica in a huge pot
anyone else addicted? ;D
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Post by Chuckles on May 16, 2007 10:35:13 GMT
I'm getting to like Ferns CPB, got a few in pots in a shady area around our seating area. I'll pop and have a look at the labels when this blessed rain stops and let you know what mine are  |
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Post by bagpuss on May 16, 2007 11:30:33 GMT
I probably shouldn't post this link that I have just found then! www.rickardsferns.co.uk/hardy.htmI like ferns too. I have 2 harts tongue. I did have a japanese painted fern, but I think I may have lost that unfortunately. I also have one, which I don't know the name of, but the centre of the fronds are orange, or rather they were when I got it, they are now just green. I have put it in a rather shaded spot. Should I move it do you think? If so, would you recommend part shade or full sun? I saw it growing at Sissinghurst gardens but I can't quite remember whether it was part shade or in full sun. Any help appreciated. |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on May 16, 2007 18:30:56 GMT
Hello Bagpuss..I'm afraid I'm not an expert on ferns...I just love them! I was wondering if you knew that the Japanese painted fern is deciduous so it dies back in the winter? Mine is in a pot and started showing new growth about a month ago...now has lots of lovely leaves....if you planted it in the garden, have a look where it was and you might find new growth emerging ;D let me know when you find out what that orange centred fern is I WANT ONE! ...I have bought a few from 'fernatix' they have a pretty comprehensive website www.fernatix.co.uk/images/DR_ER_sm.jpgis this it? apparently new growth is bronze and it turns green as it matures.. |
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Post by isabella on May 16, 2007 20:09:21 GMT
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Post by bagpuss on May 17, 2007 11:53:12 GMT
Hello Bagpuss..I'm afraid I'm not an expert on ferns...I just love them! I was wondering if you knew that the Japanese painted fern is deciduous so it dies back in the winter? Mine is in a pot and started showing new growth about a month ago...now has lots of lovely leaves....if you planted it in the garden, have a look where it was and you might find new growth emerging ;D let me know when you find out what that orange centred fern is I WANT ONE! ...I have bought a few from 'fernatix' they have a pretty comprehensive website www.fernatix.co.uk/images/DR_ER_sm.jpgis this it? apparently new growth is bronze and it turns green as it matures.. Hi Cheery - I think it is this one, which is referred to as either a Japanese Shield Fern or a Copper Sheild Fern. www.halcyonplants.co.uk/index.php?page=product_details&product_id=39 |
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Post by Chuckles on May 19, 2007 21:22:09 GMT
Your fern pics are fab isabella Only got a pic of one of mine, Japanese Painted Fern Athyrium niponicum - pictum  |
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Post by bagpuss on May 21, 2007 13:52:25 GMT
You may recall that I mentioned that I wasn't sure whether to move my fern (which I subsequently found out was a Japanese Red Shield Fern), as since I planted it there has been no colour other than green to any of the other leaves.
Well on Saturday, I had the chance to ask Sarah Raven - so I did! (She was a local charity opened it's garden to the public and they had a plant sale on). She suggested that the more "unusual" coloured ferns, do need a bit more light so she agreed that I should move it, which I did yesterday.
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Post by Chuckles on May 25, 2007 14:04:30 GMT
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on May 27, 2007 10:10:35 GMT
I bought this fern at the Malvern show from the Fernatix stand...it's a maidenhair, supposed to be hardy...ooer....it's so delicate and beautiful...with burgundy stems and delicate leaves I love it..only about 4" tall and should grow into a little mound... ;D  |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Jun 5, 2007 16:12:51 GMT
Just thought that I'd mention that our Wilkinsons has some huge tree ferns in stock for £30! (3 - 4 ft) there are smaller ones for £16.99 too... absolute bargain imo  If only I had the space... or £30 to spare... |
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Post by andy on Jun 6, 2007 4:10:35 GMT
I absolutely adore ferns and i might add a few to my exotic garden next year.
A couple worth growing if you have very boggy clay soil is the royal fern....Osmunda regalis. This can grow to 6' tall but loves wet, acidic soil. There's also a purple variety. The sensitive fern....Onoclea sensibilis only gets to 2' but will spread to colonise a large area. Will grow almost as a marginal. Lastly, the ostrich feather or shuttlecock fern.....Matteucea sp is pretty spectacular with large fronds coming up from the middle to form a shuttlecock shape.
Love the adiantum varieties in the photos above. A. Pedatum is one of my faves. The little Asplenium trichomanes is nice too growing happily in dry stone walls.
But my favoutite group of ferns is the soft sheild ferns or the Polystichum varieties. I have one at work whose variety escapes me.....i think it's P. setiferum 'diversibulbum' and every year, each frond is loaded with miniature plantlets all up its midrib. You just take a frond off, put it on a tray of compost, peg it down and keep moist and you'll get hundreds of baby ferns.
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Jun 8, 2007 18:21:27 GMT
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 9, 2007 20:40:26 GMT
They all look very healthy CPB you must be spoiling them ;D
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