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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2009 11:39:56 GMT
The very first plant I fell in love with was a fern. It was at the family farm,in a large bay window with a group of other houseplants.There was a certain grace about it,lacy looking and spoke "cool"(not the slang).It was a maidenhair fern,Adiantum pedatum.
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Post by imec on Jun 15, 2009 14:12:29 GMT
Pretty. Is it my poor eyesight or do the leaves have a sort of cilantro shape to them?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2009 14:34:46 GMT
I can see why you would think that but because I know both plants so intimately I wouldn't describe it as such. The fern although, you can't really see it in the previous photo,has black stems. It is a pronounced feature that lends much to the plants overall grace and beauty.
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Post by spindrift on Jun 15, 2009 16:34:42 GMT
Yes, I agree - the maidenhair fern is very pretty.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 15, 2009 17:00:39 GMT
I would think maidenhair would do quite well in England, as it likes chalky soil. I just love those apple green "leaves" against the stiff black stems.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2009 4:33:46 GMT
another favorite, the Giant Staghorn Fern
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Post by Jazz on Jun 18, 2009 16:45:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2009 1:57:22 GMT
We had a type of wood fern where I grew up,similar to your sword fern I remember attempting to transplant some into a pot to have in my room. I brought down an old wicker chair from the attic,spray painted it white and placed these potted ferns around. My mother, bless her heart ,knew they wouldn't make it as house plants but never discouraged me from experimenting. My first attempts at house decorating,I have to giggle thinking back on it.I was around 12 years old. The Japanese sword fern is so exquisite,don't see too many of them,they are definitely a cooler climate fern. That lamp Jazz, I just don't know what to say,it is so,so beautiful. I tend to veer away from too much botanica inside the home because I'm surrounded by so much lush. But,there are some things ,along the lines of your lamp I would find room for.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2009 11:20:29 GMT
I have tried to grow this fern on 3 or 4 different occasions,I know it will grow here as I have seen specimens of it around town. Two clients of mine had it in their gardens. Have not ever been successful and don't know why. They are not particularly cheap either. The New Zealand Tree Fern visions of this growing beside my pond
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2009 18:12:53 GMT
We had a small fort of tree fern in California. They were the first big ferns that I had ever seen and watching the new leaves slowly unroll always fascinated me.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 20, 2009 5:25:43 GMT
I covet that lamp of Jazz's so badly, it's hard for me to post in this thread. Can someone identify this fern for me, please? I bought it a few weeks ago:
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2016 14:08:15 GMT
Unfortunately, many of the pics have disappeared but, here's the fern thread.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 15, 2016 14:12:40 GMT
Thanks!
I grew a stagshorn fern on a block of cork fixed to the bathroom wall once.
It fell off onto Mrs Cactus. She was not amused.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2016 14:31:41 GMT
Thanks! I grew a stagshorn fern on a block of cork fixed to the bathroom wall once. It fell off onto Mrs Cactus. She was not amused. Was it while she was in the bath/shower, ummm you know, naked? I'm sure the fern loved loved that humidity.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 15, 2016 14:42:22 GMT
She was indeed basking in the bath.......
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2016 15:25:29 GMT
The Freudian interpretations are running wildly through my head.....
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Post by mossie on Mar 15, 2016 15:31:19 GMT
There is a thing nowadays for some women to use the euphemism "lady garden", perhaps that fitted.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2016 2:54:18 GMT
There is a thing nowadays for some women to use the euphemism "lady garden", perhaps that fitted. Oh please tell me more!!!
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 31, 2016 20:25:48 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 17, 2016 12:07:31 GMT
Another of the variety shown above. I don't know if this is exactly the same, but it must be closely related. It had fallen on hard times, but look at the lush new growth ~
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 4, 2017 7:32:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2017 16:00:56 GMT
Gorgeous Mick!!!
(thank you for dredging up this thread, it really deserves more "play".)
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 10, 2017 11:35:57 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 10, 2017 11:36:38 GMT
Dear Mrs Gardening Lady,
Would you put Lily of the Valley in with ferns?
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Post by mickthecactus on May 9, 2017 12:07:01 GMT
The fern garden is taking shape -
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Post by bjd on May 9, 2017 13:54:45 GMT
The woods in southwestern France where we have a house are full of pine trees and ferns. They seem to have no demands at all: the soil is basically sand, it gets hot in summer, not too cold in winter but often rainy (except this year!), and they just grow and grow.
And my daughter-in-law in Canada has put ferns in a corner of the yard that gets no sun. She transplanted them from the woods. They also took with no problem.
So, Mick, your fern garden should do well. Mind you, I'm talking about boring ferns, nothing like that pretty maidenhair fern in the first picture of this thread (most of the others have disappeared).
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Post by mickthecactus on May 31, 2017 12:15:31 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 1, 2017 1:49:20 GMT
That is filling out beautifully!
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 7, 2019 12:08:24 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 9, 2019 15:43:29 GMT
I never think of fern fronds being so large in such a small container.
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