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Re: [SG] Japanese Painted Ferns

Gene Bush wrote:

>         I second the interesting part of discussing Japanese Painted Ferns. I have
> them in three different locations in the garden. One is among large rocks,
> one is behind some Peony foliage and one is in a quite open position.  All
> are Painted Ferns, but all are reacting differently to the locations. One
> has more of the silver and dusty reddish-purple coloring, one is
> green-silver and the third is in between the two. Divisions of the same
> plant.
>         There can be quite a bit of variation in color depending upon what batch
> of tissue culture you purchased your from. There is also more than one
> selection out there in the trade. A new named form with more red is now
> coming on the market.

I am soooo glad you mentioned all of this.  I've been wondering
what was going on.  I have several, purchased at the same time
from the same source in the same location.  They are very
slivery but show little of the reddish color.  I was given a
more adult plant as a gift last year and I planted it elsewhere.
I decided it had to be a result of the amount of sun it received
(more) or they are ultra-sensitive to differences in pH (they
are nearly identical) to account for the difference in
coloration.  That still may be the case from what you are
saying.

But then I just bought 3 plants for that installation I just did
and these are much more reddish than any others I've seen and
the silver is very greenish.  I asked if they were new
selections but she didn't think so.  I thought I was going
bonkers.   Thanks, Gene.

Jaime, who saw the garden today for the first time since I
finished the installation around 3 weeks ago and it looks great.
Several of the astilbe are blooming, the aruncus dioicus
survived the transplant shock and is blooming itself silly, the
alchemilla are fully budded out and the aruncus aethusifolius
have sent up bloom spires.  The cimicifuga have tons of new
growth.  Saxifrages are growing and sending out runners and the
epimedium is growing like gangbusters.  Tiarella have just about
finished blooming and have shifted to growing new leaves.
Clients seem very happy but I'm still searching for that
depressed rock.
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