Re: "Where the Red Fern Grows"

I get several requests a year from customers wanting to plant the "red fern"
who have just lost a much beloved  family dog.  I too believe that this is a
fictional plant but the closest I can some to what it might be is a the
red-flushed form of Onoclea sensibilis but its anybody's guess.  Customers
usually settle for one of the many asian dryopteris with reddish new foliage
or if in a mild (7-9)  zone one of the reddish flushed Blechnum species.
Judith I. Jones
Fancy Fronds
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Petersen" <dpetersen11@cox.net>
To: <ferns@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [ferns] "Where the Red Fern Grows"


> It seems that this question comes up every few years on Fern net.
> "Where the Red Fern Grows" is a work of FICTION.  That means that the
> author probably was using a literary device, and not a realistic
> description of a fern from Oklahoma.   Who wants to be the first to
> start looking for WOOKIES?????   ME, ME , ME.   D. Petersen
>
> Winter, Wim de wrote:
>
> >Brian,
> >
> >Just as an illustration:
> >
>
>http://pics.cig.canon-europe.com/priv/9AF282E36519F01BAD117DF4EFD1FF9F.jpg
> >
>
>http://pics.cig.canon-europe.com/priv/4965F4238E591F8AAD117DF40A4210AF.jpg
> >
> >I haven't tried to identify them yet; in case of the Blechnum it was in
fact
> >the Selaginella below that I was interested in..
> >
> >Wim
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-ferns@hort.net on behalf of Brian Swale
> >Sent: Mon 07-Nov-05 21:56
> >To: Tom Stuart; ferns@hort.net
> >Cc:
> >Subject: Re: [ferns] "Where the Red Fern Grows"
> >Hi everybody,
> >
> >Thanks to all and especially to Tom Stuart to a full and lucid
explanation of
> >the Red Fern saga.
> >
> >I had suspected something like this might be at the bottom of it all, but
not
> >to the degree revealed.
> >
> >Yes, I know about red Blechnums, especially when growing in very
nutrient-
> >poor sites, and I'll throw in the name of another genus for good
measure -
> >Doodia - which also frequently has ruddy fronds when new..
> >
> >Many thanks.
> >
> >I'll be interested to have the response from the source of the query that
> >started this.
> >
> >Brian Swale
> >
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