Re: [SG] Maidenhair Fern

In a message dated 1/30/99 3:57:26 PM Central Standard Time,
mikecook@PIPELINE.COM writes:

<<  I have tried them in dappled shade,  total (but light) shade, part sun,
acid soil, neutral soil, moderate  moisture, dry conditions, woodland
conditions, ordinary garden...could a pest or disease be at fault? >>

Hi Sheila,

I can only tell you about the 2 clumps I have and where they grow for me.  I
got a clump from my Grandma's maybe 6 or 7 years ago and planted it in my
woodland garden, with lots of leaf mulch and in dappled shade from  a Silver
Maple and a huge Red Oak.  It just keeps coming back every year, although I
can't say that it's increasing in size very fast.  Then 3 years ago, I got
another plant from a friend and put it in my "acid" garden  where I try to
lower the pH from our normally neutral soil with a pine needle mulch.  This
garden gets sun for a couple hours in the afternoon, a little too much because
the Clintonia borealis (Bluebead Lily) that grows with it gets burnt spots.
Both gardens are in sandy soil that dries out fairly fast, but I still only
water when it has been dry for a couple weeks.

My question: under ideal conditions (whatever that might be), do Maidenhair
Fern clumps increase in size very fast?? and do they also increase by starting
new plants near the original plant??  I keep waiting for this to happen since
I love this fern.

Thanks,
Cindy Johnson
White Bear Lake, MN
zone 4a
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