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Ferns for full sun

planetdebraplanetdebra Posts: 4
in Plants
Does anyone have any suggestions for evergreen ferns in full sun please? 

Thanks Debra 

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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Cannot think of a single one.
    Most Ferns really prefer shade.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Cristata The King. 

    I have one in both of my south facing beds. 

    You gotta keep them moist though I have other things planted around the bottom of them to keep the moisture in the soil. 
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    This one was planted last spring  

    This one two years ago


  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    edited June 2023
    I forgot I also have a Tatting Fern in the front garden. It’s deciduous though. 

    I planted it last year just before the heatwave and thought it was a goner (it went brown and crispy). 

    Fast forward to this summer and it’s loving its spot in full sun. It gets sun from sunrise til about 5pm (it’s against an east facing wall so the sun stops shining on it from 5). 


  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Lovely ferns!
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    We love ferns and so many of them end up in our garden without any help from us. They are in semi shade and most are in full sun....but what they are ...
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    In oredr to reproduce by spores ferns need a damp situation.  But many will survive quite happily as adults in full sun.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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