Re: dividing ferns
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] dividing ferns
- From: N* S*
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 22:47:01 -0500
Thanks. Any tips? Or should I just pull them apart?
Nancy
>Nancy,
>
>I have divided Polystichum braunii with no untoward effects. I did
>it just the way I divided Polystichum acrostichoides.
>
>Bill Plummer
>Painted Post, New York
>Zone 5
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@INTERPORT.NET>
>To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
>Sent: Monday, 27 December, 1999 5:00 PM
>Subject: [SG] dividing ferns
>
>
>> Does anyone have any thoughts as to the safety of dividing
>Braun's holly
>> ferns (Polystichum braunii), which are similar to Christmas
>ferns? I've been
>> dividing my Japanese painted ferns with impunity, but they grow
>fast and
>> fall apart when I lift them, virtually beseeching me to make
>divisions. I am
>> reluctant to make a mistake with the holly ferns since they are
>not easy to
>> find. (If they were, I'd probably not bother with cutting them
>up.) I really
>> love how the crosiers look in the spring, and am counting the
>days until
>> they (and everything else) springs back to life.
>> Nancy S. (zone 6B, NYC)>
>>
>
>
