Re: DEEP shade


Kay, perhaps you mean the Berry Bladder Fern whose botanical name is
Cystopteris bulbifera.  It is rather hard to find, but it is just about the
only fern I grow.  I don't have any such thing as deep shade, however.

Gail Korn
Garden Perennials
Wayne, NEAt 08:46 PM 4/7/01 -0400, you wrote:
>------Original Message------
>From: Kay Dye <Kdye1@AOL.COM>
>To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>Sent: April 7, 2001 1:04:27 PM GMT
>Subject: Re: [SG] DEEP shade
>
>
>Louise,
>For deep shade a low growing fern that will carpet the ground is the bulbet
>bladder fern.  It forms beautiful matts of ferny foliage.  Someone will know
>the botanical name, I think it's a polystichum (sp?)
>Kay Dye
>
>Kay - that sounds neat; I hope someone can provide the botanical name.
>
>Louise in Park Hills, KY (zone 6)
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