Elvis lives in the 'wilderness' of the dry shade under our huge ash tree ... he sometimes gets a bucket of water in very dry spells ... think he's had a couple this year ... he's a handsome chap
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Fabulous @Dovefromabove and @Silver surfer, the last one might be Sideshow Bob's great-uncle. Nice to see you here @B3, I'm sure we've talked ferns before, I think you were trying to fit in a few more acquisitions at the time. How is your collection?
My ferns have only been in the soil for a few years, so no majestic specimens yet. Favourites so far are Blechnum spicant, Dryopteris atrata with dark and bristly stems and D. wallichiana, as well as D. erythrosora, although I genuinely like all that I have, many of which are polystichums and polypodiums. It was a long while before I sourced Cyrtomium falcatum, very happy with that. Cyrtomium fortunei did very badly, perhaps the soil was too alkaline or clayey. It did recover very well on the compost heap where it has been for two years now. An experiment is Osmunda regalis, I have that in a pot where I sealed the bottom with clay sourced from the garden to create a mini bog - so far it's working. Of course, I could just have picked a pot without holes, but this seemed preferable at the time.
These are the ferns in the video. Although I can't speak English well... I love ferns... and I introduced them because there is a video about beautiful and fun ferns.
If you don't want to click on the video, please refer to the image on the screen to see and talk. Bye
@micearguers the suspect plants turned out to be ferns not bracken so that's good. Haven't been to gc much so nothing new but a harts tongue fern has taken up residence in a step riser.
Ah @B3 turns out I had you mixed up with @Paul B3 who is also very frond of ferns. So ... @Paul B3 how is your collection of ferns? tagging you here like a bolt from the blue.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dryopteris affinis Cristata is in top 10.
Happy even right at the base of an oak tree.
My ferns have only been in the soil for a few years, so no majestic specimens yet. Favourites so far are Blechnum spicant, Dryopteris atrata with dark and bristly stems and D. wallichiana, as well as D. erythrosora, although I genuinely like all that I have, many of which are polystichums and polypodiums. It was a long while before I sourced Cyrtomium falcatum, very happy with that. Cyrtomium fortunei did very badly, perhaps the soil was too alkaline or clayey. It did recover very well on the compost heap where it has been for two years now. An experiment is Osmunda regalis, I have that in a pot where I sealed the bottom with clay sourced from the garden to create a mini bog - so far it's working. Of course, I could just have picked a pot without holes, but this seemed preferable at the time.
Bye
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.