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Garden Update: 14 Ferns

Posted on April 29, 2017 Leave a Comment

This morning I ran around like a crazy person taking pics of all the ferns I could find before the forecasted rain came. These suckers are growing fast and I wanted to capture some photos before they completely fill out.

One of my favorite things about spring in the garden is how the ferns and hostas begin to emerge, almost in unison. The new growth is very vertical, and the structure of the fronds along with the whorls of the fiddleheads lends an architectural look to the space. A perfect subject for helping my amateur photography look a little less, well, amateur.

I’m kinda shocked at how many varieties I’ve accumulated over the years (is that a humblebrag?). I should probably institute a fern-buying moratorium and from now on just propagate what I have. I’m sure that idea will go out the window next time I’m at the nursery.

Anyhow, here are a few “best-of-the-batch” photos, I hope you like them!

Japanese Lace Fern – Polystichum setosum
Japanese Lace Fern – Polystichum setosum
Fortune's Cold Hardy Holly Fern – Cyrtomium fortunei
Fortune’s Cold Hardy Holly Fern – Cyrtomium fortunei
Himalayan Maidenhair – Adiantum venustum
Himalayan Maidenhair – Adiantum venustum

Tokyo Wood Fern – Dryopteris tokyoensis
Tokyo Wood Fern – Dryopteris tokyoensis
Western Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum – these guys are all over our yard, it’s great. I’ve divided many of the older ones over the years, but this one is still intact and very impressive.
I THINK this is an Autumn Fern, possibly Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’. Maybe the nursery tag fell under a couch cushion…

Lady Fern – Athyrium filix-femina. I have a love hate relationship with these. They are quite beautiful, but the fronts collapse and wither in the dry summer months. Our North Side Garden (shown here) is a Lady Fern breeding ground where they tend to overtake all the other plants.
Two ferns
Japanese Painted Fern, Athyrium niponicum and Ghost Fern, Athyrium ‘Ghost’ (right)
Korean Rock Fern, Polystichum tsus-simense and Eared Lady Fern, Athyrium otophorum

Eared Lady Fern – Athyrium otophorum ‘Okanum’
Eared Lady Fern
Eared Lady Fern – Athyrium otophorum Okanum’
Dwarf Lady Fern
Athyrium filixfemina ‘Minutissimum’. A more well-behaved version of the bigger native lady ferns in our yard.

Deer Fern
Deer Fern – Blechnum spicant

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