Re: Looking for Plant
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Looking for Plant
- From: D* S*
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 19:59:51 -0500
- References: <0.6a0b5015.2574617e@aol.com>
Mclainakag@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/29/99 3:08:46 PM Central Standard Time,
> meygarden@madbbs.com writes:
>
> << It is a
> >fern that when the leaves are touched, they fold in on themselves(indoor
> >plant). >>
>
> Could this be the "sensitive fern?
>
> Kemberly McLain
> Katy, Texas Zone 9
Sensitive fern, Onoclea sensibilis, has a somewhat misleading common name
which is actually based on the plants' sensitivity to cold autumn temperatures
and/or summer drought. It doesn't respond at all to being touched -- scarcely
responds to being plowed! ;-)
Dean Sliger
Warren, MI, USA
Zone 6B
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