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Re: [PRIMROSES] FERNS

CCREDUX wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-01-02 18:43:33 EST, you write:
>
> <<  From what I've seen in
>  every nursery I've ever visited, we have the best quality for the least
>  price.  We GROW our own ferns, we don't buy them all ready to sell.
>  That's the difference! >>
> Diana,
>
> Cant wait to get your list!
>
> One question: Will you have some "hardy" ones that will withstand the temps in
> zone 5?
> Another question: Could you tell me(us?) the cultural requirements for the
> royal fern?
>
> Is it supposed to be HUGE?
> Thks!
>
> Clyde Crockett z5 Indy IN

Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis) grows in zone 4 to 6 best.  Yes, it can get
quite large, to 6 feet actually.  It likes to grow at the edge of water
best, however any boggy soil will grow a good speciman.  The fronds are
rather coarse from close inspection, but the effect from a distance is
positively astounding.  The ONLY thing that I don't care for is that it
is deciduous.  It grows huge, and then dies to the ground in the winter,
leaving this enormous gaping hole in your garden.  A well grown speciman
grows so lush that you can't plant an evergreen close to it to mask the
chasm.  Perhaps if it were grown behind a low growing evergreen, or
right AT the edge of a pond, with rushes and iris psuedocous 'variegata'
at the pond edge...I don't know....I'm a better grower than a designer.
But, if you knew nothing of the plant before, now you know something.
Also, it can take full sun if it is boggy conditions....or at least it
can in the Pac NW.
The Greenhouse
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA  98362
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