Re: favorite combinations/ J. Painted fern

Hi Kathy

I will give them another try another year.  Its crazy how some plants are supposed to be so easy to grow and can won't survive in one person's garden, yet will thrive in another's garden, even given the right conditions.

Penny

>>> KLGarvey@AOL.COM 02/11/00 03:23PM >>>
Penny,
I guess I just got lucky with those Japanese Painted Ferns. They got just
about the worst treatment anyone could have given them! Except that I loved
them and talked to them, even when they only looked like dirt in pots (some
of you think that's nuts, the rest of you know how powerful that is - take it
or leave it).

My concern this year is the mild, dry winter. In fact, I am concerned about
the whold shade garden. Usually too cold to water, but from here on out, any
day well enough above freezing I am going to so out and give the area a
sprinkling, not too much, to get it hydrated or I am afraid I may loose
everything.

Try them again, Penny. You never know when something a little different will
work for them. Best of luck. They are beautiful and worth the trouble I have
gone through. They are small because of all of this treatment, and I'm hoping
this year they can really establish and do what they should.

Midwest Kathy (decided I really border on a 4 rather than being a strict 5)
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