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Post by corky on Aug 19, 2015 16:53:03 GMT
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Post by fredg on Aug 19, 2015 17:55:04 GMT
That looks a bit like the Shuttlecock fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, corky. If so I have a few pots of small ones from the Scottish Estate. It gets quite tall so I'll have to plant mine on the Fernery edges to help separate the area off.
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Post by corky on Aug 19, 2015 19:10:31 GMT
I have had a bit of a google around and Blechnum spicant seems to look very similar, also known as hard fern or deer fern , there is no feathering to the edges of the leaves and very widely spaced , I think there were other ferns that matched up to your suggestion near by . I am sure the dog will drag me over that way pretty soon and will try and get a few pics of this and some of the other interesting looking species.
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Post by corky on Aug 21, 2015 18:13:41 GMT
I took a couple more pics of this fern, they show the two different growth habits , well leaf types (dimorphic)
and these other larger leaves are the fronds that carry the spores  |
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Post by fredg on Aug 24, 2015 15:18:00 GMT
It is a nice fern, I agree.
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Post by fredg on Oct 5, 2015 9:41:51 GMT
Fred liked the Blechnum spicant so much he bought one
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Post by corky on Nov 3, 2015 23:16:00 GMT
I hope to be receiving my plant of blechnum spicant very soon but I don't think it will be anywhere near size of that one Fred, mine was a rosea variant , whatever that means
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Post by fredg on Nov 4, 2015 8:04:53 GMT
Googling the rosea variant always seems to lead back to a Penzance nursery on ebay corky
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Post by corky on Nov 4, 2015 9:51:20 GMT
Yes this is from hotplants on ebay , a garden centre in Penzance
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Post by corky on Aug 19, 2017 16:21:00 GMT
Spent a few days in Aberdovey and saw a huge amount of blechnum.spicant at Dolgoch Falls , not the best pics    and the waterfall, a great place to go for fern and moss fans , sphagnum galore:-) |
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not here it isn't