Re: Early fern shipment
Hi Myrna,
I would go ahead and harden them off and plant them. Our ferns that are
around the house are up nearly a foot already. They should be fairly
hardy. I got Ostrich and Maidenhair ferns the other day. But they were
dormant so I planted them right away.
I'm not sure exactly what the ferns are we have, but I got them from a
friend in town years ago. They just keep growing and growing.
'Aunt' Ann
Montana Gardener
Myrna Miller wrote:
>
> Dear list members,
>
> Yesterday I received my first plant shipment of the year, six dryopteria
> filix-mas (male fern). All the ferns I have ordered in the past arrived as
> dormant, bare-root plants, but these are in full growth. I am wondering
> whether I should go ahead and put them in the ground after a few days'
> hardening off, or if I should leaves them in pots, ready to bring inside,
> until I'm fairly certain there will be no frost (about May 25). What's the
> advice from you folks in the colder climate areas?
>
> TIA
>
> Myrna, Zone 3, Montana
>
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