Re: Fern suggestions
- Subject: Re: [SG] Fern suggestions
- From: M* T* <m*@hort.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 01:28:37 -0400
I got a bunch of ferns from Sue Olsen at Foliage Gardens year before
last
http://www.foliagegardens.com/index.html
...of these (all nice ferns) two Polystichum are really, really neat
(tho' not red, but they'd go with reds):
Polystichum neolobatum - long-eared holly fern -
http://snipurl.com/96p3
Polystichum makinoi - Makino's holly fern - http://snipurl.com/96p2
Also extremely neat is Polystichum polyblepharum - tassel fern -
http://snipurl.com/96p4
Well, heck, you can hardly go wrong with a fern tho' some are a tad
pushy.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@RCN.COM>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: [SG] Fern suggestions
> Date: Sunday, September 19, 2004 8:52 AM
>
> Hi. I am in the process of ripping out some astilbes that have
never done
> well. I want to replace them next spring with some ferns, which are
> normally a big success for me. Does anyone have a new love in the
fern
> department? Elsewhere, I already have a ton of Japanese painted
ferns, and
> a few 'Ghost' (a cross with the lady fern), so I don't want to
repeat the
> grayish-blue thing. In this bed I have 'Lady in Red', a red-stiped
> athyrium, so I was thinking of perhaps something with reddish
tints. Has
> anyone tried the new autumn fern (forget the name) that's supposed
to have
> brighter new red fronds? How about athyrium 'Branford Rambler'? My
garden
> generally goes dry in either July or August--I can provide enough
water for
> a typical fern but not a real moisture-lover like royal fern.
> Thanks!
> Nancy Stedman, NYC, zone 6 or so
