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Re: [SG] Planting Companions

Sheila, please explain for those of us who are fern-challenged (I love
ferns but know almost nothing about them) what a tassel fern is. (1) what
does it look like, (2) how big? (3) Is it a native? (4) where to get? (5)
what is the botanical name?

Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6

P.S. Your other ideas for companions are wonderful! To comment on one of
them, I just discovered H. 'Golden Scepter' myself last year and ADORE it.
As for H. 'Gloriosa', it is one of the most beautiful hostas. I highly
recommend these two. I particularly like your suggestion of the one as a
companion plant to the other because as a friend of mine says, "The best
companion plant for a hosta is another hosta."

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On Tue, 5 May 1998, Michael D. Cook wrote:

> Hi; tassel ferns are great with the large-leaved hostas, as is artillery
> fern with medium-sized leaves.  I also like Hosta Gold Sceptor with H.
> Gloriosa.  If you can find the Wizard series of Coleus anywhere, the
> pink-centered greens and the red look nice with hot-pink impatiens.
> Myosotis sylvatica makes a great underplanting for many plants, esp.
> variegates.
>
>
> Sheila Smith
> mikecook@pipeline.com
> Niles, MI  USA, Z 5/6
>
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