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Post by fredg on May 14, 2021 9:43:25 GMT
Thinks are coming on in the Fernery. The croziers are breaking out and starting to fill in the gaps. The Shuttlecock fern , Matteuccia struthiopteris, which looked dead all winter has erupted in the middle and is throwing out quite a number of youngsters. I'll have to separate some or all of those later in the year.  The Dryopteris affinis 'Pinderi' is also opening its croziers.  You may ask why these two hardy plants are in tubs/pots. It's quite simply so that I can lift them out and I have somewhere to stand if anything needs doing in there.  So now into the dark zone      The Arums look very happy in there. Probably because they selected that spot. I didn't plant them in the fernery at all. Finally a bit of a mix of textures and shapes, who needs flowers? ( This is a natural group, they weren't placed together for the photo)   |
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Post by corky on May 14, 2021 21:56:52 GMT
Great set of pics , I was wondering when your fernery updates were going to start as I've been watching the fronds unfurl on a few as I'm walking the dog and on the plants I have in the garden. They look amazing as they start to spring to life this time of year
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Post by fredg on May 27, 2021 18:13:29 GMT
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Post by dvg on May 27, 2021 18:42:14 GMT
There's a few fine ferns there.
What is the third one down, the one that's fronds resemble romaine lettuce leaves?
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Post by fredg on May 27, 2021 18:56:37 GMT
That's Asplenium scolopendrium - Hart's tongue fern Doug
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Post by fredg on Jun 5, 2021 16:23:51 GMT
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Post by corky on Jun 5, 2021 22:28:16 GMT
Is that asplenium trichomanes in the last pic? I've just spent a couple of days in Wales and they were growing all over the stone walling there, the ferns were looking great in the woods I was walking in ,I need to grow more hardy species ,yours look impressive, I have a fair few self seeded large plants around the garden but not the diversity I would like , but I am slowly trying to change that
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Post by fredg on Jun 6, 2021 11:09:43 GMT
Yes corky it's the endemic Maidenhair fern. I have a large pot of it then there's two in the fernery, only one, as in photo, I can get to at this time of year.
Incidentally, if anyone is wondering why I have pebbles in the fernery it's a cat deterrent. Hopefully if they can't dig they go to someone else's garden 😇
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Post by dvg on Jun 6, 2021 17:51:44 GMT
Fred, your fernery is looking very lush this spring.
How long have you had the pebble stones in place for?
Have you noticed if it has had a positive effect on deterring cats from doing their business in the fernery?
Can see why a cat trying to dig a hole into roundish rocks might decide to mosey on over to the other side of the neighbor's fence where the ground is easier to landmine, say like in a sandbox... 🐈⬛💩
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Post by fredg on Jun 6, 2021 18:39:11 GMT
The pebbles have been there almost from the start Doug. So far I've managed to not put my hands into anything untoward. And we used to have a cat |
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Post by fredg on Jun 23, 2021 13:15:21 GMT
A couple of new ferns, still potted up, for the Fernery. From St Boswells a Cyrtomium  From a local nursery a Polypodium vulgare
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Post by corky on Jun 23, 2021 18:47:24 GMT
The second fern I think is the same as a fern I've seen growing on trees as an epiphyte and i came up with polypodium vulgare as the id ,is there a difference?not that it really matters
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Post by fredg on Jun 24, 2021 10:17:43 GMT
I found an answer corky. It's all down to the nutter that went on memory and didn't re-read the label.  Polypodium vulgare it is. |
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Post by fredg on Jun 30, 2021 18:26:54 GMT
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Post by dvg on Jun 30, 2021 18:37:17 GMT
Haha, was scrolling up from the bottom of your last post here and was thinking, geez that looks like a place i'd like to hunker down in today.  dvg |
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