Re: FW: Painted Ferns (growing them)

Thanks for the comments Gene.  I realize it was to another Bobbie, but I am
listening also!

Now, as to the variability in color.  When you say there is a difference
with one here and one there, is it, or was it the exact color to begin with?
Or did you move the plant itself? Mine are in dry shade and quite silver but
getting almost lost as the rosy glow berberis is getting bigger.  What a
combo though!

I like the more silver ones myself in the darker shade as it lights up the
area, but the Ursula, which I have only seen in slides or website is of
interest to me.  I like the idea of it taller though....keep an eye out on
yours for propagation, ok?

I saw last year at the New England Grows a tissue culture person doing JPF.
Tons of tiny teeny weeny plants!  All of gorgeous coloring taken from one
especially colorful one.  I have dreamed of it since!!!

Bobbie
Bobbie Brooks,  MA    zone 6.5
Gardens In An Old Fashioned Way
http://daylily.net/gardens/bobbiebrooks.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: GeneBush <genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Thursday, October 05, 2000 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [SG] FW: [SG] Painted Ferns (growing them)


>Hello Bobbi, Diann,
>    Nope... not just you and your observations. Japanese Painted fern is
pretty
>variable. There are quite a few variations on a theme out there. Depends
upon who
>the original fern came from and whether your wholesale ferns are coming
from a
>grower who uses spore or tissue culture... and the fern they selected as
parent.
>    Also, age, fertility of soil, moisture and light can all effect the
coloration
>of the ferns. The ones I have growing in lots of light in decent soil are
darker
>in color than the ones in poor soil, bit more on the dry side and less with
are
>more silver in color.
>    I have them popping up in my crested iris groundcovers from spore,
between
>rocks. The mature one that sprang up right next to a planted one is far
more dark
>in color, larger in height and has more burgundy on the stems and fronds.
These
>two are in large rocks inside the drip-line of an old cedar.... bit on the
dry
>side, and they do very well with little burn during August.
>    Earlier this year we talked about the amount of color in JPF and named
forms.
>I have Japanese Painted fern out here growing side by side with JPF
'Ursulas Red'
>in the nursery display area.... there is definitely a dramatic difference
in
>coloration.
>    Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
>          around the woods - around the world
>genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bobbi Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
>Subject: Re: [SG] FW: [SG] Painted Ferns (growing them)
>
>
>> Well, I just mean they all look different. No two are alike. Some have
>> brighter markings than others. Markings on leaves, color of stems... lots
>> of maroon and silver on some, less so on others. Maybe it's just me...
>>
>> Bobbi
>>
>> On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Diann Barbee Thoma wrote:
>>
>> > Bobbi, can you address your comment below that "Japanese painted ferns
vary
>> > so much"?  I'm interested in this on a broader level, actually, but
would be
>> > happy to start specific.  What varies, and why?
>> >
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