Re: best plants this year
- Subject: Re: [SG] best plants this year
- From: M* L*
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:38:17 -0600
Lucy, it's not really a fern, but looks like one: Sweet Cicely. Friends
who live in fern-unfriendly areas grow Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis
odorata). Your local nurseries may have plants. It will self-seed, so
watch out for seeds turning brown if you don't want new plants. I'd be
quite sure you want it where you plant it, though. I've heard the root can
grow large. Leaves, seeds and root are edible, anise-flavored. Margaret L
>I'm looking for a dryland fern that doesn't go summer dormant,
>for the side of the house where the ground is in fairly deep
>shade: the violets are pretty happy there but I'd like something
>else to share the space.
>
>There are a lot of California natives that tolerate drought, but
>the way they do it is to go dormant in summer, and I would like
>to have some things blooming and flourishing at that time!
>
>Lucy
