Re: favorite combinations/ J. Painted fern

Hello Deborah,
    If the fern is dormant when your receive it, it can be planted any time you
can get it worked into the soil. You do not have to wait until May. In fact, it
and other relatively early emerging plants, do best planted in the fall or late
winter. Let them wake up in their new bed after being settled in and have good
contact with the soil. Not to toot my own horn, but all my plants are in open cold
frames riding with the local weather. I do not force plants in a greenhouse.
Therefore there is no adjusting period, or tender foliage to be worried about.
    Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Deborah Howard <Cujotaz@AOL.COM>

Subject: Re: [SG] favorite combinations/ J. Painted fern


> thanks {and u too Gene} for the advice and info,  can i plant it same time as
> my others?  frost usually ends here around April, and planting begins in May
> -- there are wild ferns growing there now - no idea what their name is
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