![]() ![]() The common wood fern below is easy to grow and always returns. ![]() Some ferns are invasive while others are slow growing and clump-forming. Spreading types are easily propagated by division in early spring just as the new growth begins to show. This is a shade garden plant that complements a water garden habitat. The fern will bronze in the fall to complete the autumn colors. You will quickly recognized the lime to medium green colors, the arching nature of the fronds showing at intervals along the rhizome. Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton Wood fern, River fern, Southern shield fern, Kunth’s maiden fern, Normal shield fern.It is important to know that River Fern comes in a dwarf variety if you have limited space growing only 12 to 24 inches tall, which places it in the height category of the Christmas Fern and the Japanese Sword Fern. Shade gardening with Red Bud, Hydrangea and Wood Ferns. ![]() Holly fern above nestled in with spreading yew shrubs and aspidistra. Maidenhair fern in Highland Park Fern Garden. This is a lovely strolling area for the evening. See information here at the Highland Park website on Flippen Park: . If you live in Dallas and want to see these ferns thriving go to the fern garden in Highland Park for a lovely evening walk. Keep shaded and moist it is deciduous 1-2’.įountains and ferns are a natural combination. Maidenhead ferns do well in Texas because the like limestone and alkaline soils and is ideal on the edges of ponds. Southern maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) - Black stems set off round chartreuse leaflets. Generally, ferns need very little fertilizer, potted ferns are the exception – fertilize them with a good liquid fertilizer once a month. Just sweep them up in the fall, let them rot and mulch your ferns!įerns spread by underground rhizomes, some more aggressively than others. Rich and Moist Soil: Ferns require a rich, well-drained, moist soil. A good soil mix is the best predictor of success with ferns. The best pH for your soil is pH 5.5 to pH 6.5. Large Ostrich fern or sometimes called “Macho Fern” lines this bed. These are tough little plants when placed in a nurturing environment and established. Like all perennials, baby your ferns for the first two years while they establish a strong root structure. Read more about varigated pittosporum here … Word fern above is planted with perennials, Persian Shield and Purple Shamrock not to mentions the lovely purple Japanese Maple and variegated Pittosporum. ![]() The soaker hose saves water and is much more effective than a sprinkler system. I have tried the sprayer fertilizer feeder and other fertilizers, Osmocote is easy and always works. I always use water retaining pellets for new plants with a bit of Osmocote. I use it to hack out a weed, pop a hole for a plant or trench for fertilizer. The little pick ax lives at my back door with my gardening shoes. The fundamental tools for gardening for me are: Osmocote fertilizer, a five pound pick ax, water retaining pellets or crystals and timer soaker hoses. Water retention pellets and crystals are a cost effective solution to keeping your ferns hydrated. Water is the sine qua non of effective fern gardening. Water Retaining Pellets for Fern Gardening What you are, root and all, and all in all, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Wood fern can become invasive! So have a plan. Vickery Place Oldest Dallas Neighborhood.They seem to be happy in this spot and are putting on a two-toned show. The ferns are doing quite well for being their first year. There's a couple of hostas in the back of the photo, too. Here, below, is one of these new Palace Purple Heucheras in between a Dolce Cherry Twist and an Autumn Fern (Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance') that I planted this year, too. Those are a bright, chartreuse green, so I tucked these purple ones in between them on the border (and staggered them slightly in front of the Dolche Apple Twist). I decided to plant them in the border with the Dolche Apple Twist Heucheras that I planted this Spring. Hybridized from a naturally purple-leaved native species, bloom is pink and quite dramatic against the dark leaves. Palace Purple is one of the Coral Bells that started the current craze. Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year 1991. I'm not sure what that craze exactly is? Heuchera craze? From American Meadows: The brilliant hue of Palace Purple is a now famous Heuchera, this variety of Coral Bells provides both beautiful foliage and flowers. They seem to be one of the original coral bells cultivars on the market as this listing describes them as helping to start a 'craze'. ![]()
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