Re: [SG] Planting Companions

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• To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
• Subject: Re: [SG] Planting Companions
• From: "* D* C* <m*@PIPELINE.COM>
• Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 22:31:22 -0400
• References: <3.0.3.32.19980505204730.006b0c60@pop.pipeline.com>

At 09:10 PM 5/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>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?

Hi, Bobbi.  I bought mine from Forest Farm, so I'll just copy their
description:

"Polystichum polyblepharum TASSEL FERN (Evergreen, Z6, Japan):  Stiff
glossy fronds (to 2-3') w/ a silvery-green reverse and parallelogram-shaped
pinnules, so numerous as to be overlapping; new fronds emerge then drop
backwards to form "tassels' before righting.  Shade/Medium moisture"

I grow mine close to the house, since I can't always rely on plants listed
as Z6 to be hardy up here.  Also, mine is only about a foot and a half tall
after three years, so I probably am not giving it optimum conditions.  The
color on the front of the fronds is a shiny grass-green.



Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Niles, MI  USA, Z 5/6

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  • Re: [SG] Planting Companions
    • From: "Michael D. Cook" <mikecook@PIPELINE.COM>

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