When I did my last post on ferns in 2019 I hadn't covered all the ferns I grow and intended to return to the subject soon. It didn't happen. I recently updated my ferns list and realised that I'd in fact mentioned less than half of those I have now, not all of which are…
Ferns
Focus on Ferns – 4
I started a series about the ferns I grow, posting blogs in April, May and June this year. It had been my intention to work my way through all the ferns I have but as with so many good intentions, it didn’t happen. Almost everything I included in those blogs was a plant growing in…
Focus on Ferns – 3
It has mostly been a dry spring and this has slowed the progress of several of my ferns. As with most plants that do most of their growing in a short burst in spring, they expect to have abundant water available to them and can be hard hit if it is not. Athyrium nipponicum 'Red…
Focus on ferns – 2
Here are six more ferns from my garden. I thought I could go through most of them in a few weeks in spring but it is only when you set out on such a task that you realise how quickly some emerge and how slowly others. That's a good thing; it extends the period over…
Focus on ferns – 1
I just did a count of the ferns I grow and found I had 23 forms growing in the ground plus another 10 in pots. There are a couple of wild native ferns around, nearly-weeds being allowed to masquerade as garden plants. That’s too many for one blog and besides, they don’t all look their…