Re: fern id

Makes sense.
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theresa" <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
> Kitty-
> To my knowledge the asparagus fern variety I sent you does not have
> thorns.  That is part of why florists like it so much.
>
> Theresa
>
> Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:
>
> >Auralie, I'm more inclined toward some sort of Asparagus.  I googled for
> >pics of Nephrolepsis and Nephrolepsis exaltata and found none that were
so
> >airy and baby fine.   Would ALL Asparagus species have the thorny stems?
> >Would they be very evident on very young specimens?
> >
> >Kitty
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
> >To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:21 AM
> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] fern id
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Kitty, it looks to me like a version of Nephrolepsis exaltata, a fancy
> >>  "Boston" fern of which there are numerous cultivars.  The asparagus
> >>fern, which is not a fern at all, has thorny stems.  Is that the case
> >>
> >>
> >here?
> >
> >
> >>I may be wrong, of course - frequently am - but look into some of the
> >>"Fluffy Ruffles" relatives.
> >>Auralie
> >>
> >>
> >>In a message dated 10/05/2005 11:41:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >>kmrsy@netzero.net writes:
> >>http://hort.net/+12Y0
> >>
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