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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 30, 2020 15:20:14 GMT
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Post by whatagain on Apr 30, 2020 16:14:21 GMT
We have some af home. In the shadow. Called fougeres in french fwiw.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 30, 2020 17:50:56 GMT
That's lovely, Mick!
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Post by casimira on May 1, 2020 12:09:28 GMT
I remember when you posted the original pics of this area before the ferns have come into their own. They look healthy and hardy.
But, what is that upright contraption leaning up in front of the bed?
Your soil looks nice and rich. Personally, I would add more ferns to fill it out some more.
I also like your addition of the Buddha statue. I have several different ones placed around different parts of the garden.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 1, 2020 12:26:50 GMT
Unfortunately it's the top frame from my son in law's work van which he no longer has. There is nowhere else for it to go unfortunately. We live with my daughter and family in case you are wondering. The space in the foreground did have a fern which seems to have died but I do have some lily of the valley to plant there.
Some of the ferns die back in winter and are filling out now.
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Post by casimira on May 1, 2020 12:35:55 GMT
OK, I guess you are off the hook now dear but, did you have to mention Lily of the Valley?
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Post by mickthecactus on May 1, 2020 13:37:14 GMT
I like it...
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Post by casimira on May 1, 2020 19:25:28 GMT
I adore it!! And, there is a huge stand of it growing on our property in New York. It's a 30-40 year patch that my mother planted and that along with the peonies, French lilacs, mountain laurel and several other plantings I would love to have but they won't grow here!! So, the mention of it in your post made me sad and a tad irked. There was a small florist in our hometown that used to buy then from her she had so many. They don't multiply that quickly (at least not up there. But, she had planted them so long ago that the stand of them was/is pretty big.) She also had a huge well established bed of asparagus and when she was still alive she would Fed-Ex me a box of it along with a bouquet of Lily of the Valley. I really miss getting that box...
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Post by mickthecactus on May 2, 2020 6:49:26 GMT
Sorry Casi, misunderstood. I thought you didn't like them!
There is a patch by the gate and the smell is lovely when you walk in.
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Post by casimira on May 2, 2020 12:10:43 GMT
That's okay Mick. You're forgiven, I guess... I know a florist here in NOLA who does flowers for high end weddings and other fancy occasions. He doesn't have a retail business and doesn't really need to because he is very successful doing occasions and has a thriving business with the wealthy people who have to money. (I imagine his business is suffering at this time due to the current situation and lack of public weddings and funerals). He was commissioned to do a wedding about three months ago and I ran into him at a local tavern that we both frequented and one evening he came in with a few sprigs of Lily of the Valley to give to me. It was one of the loveliest of gestures. When I asked him where he had procured them from he said he has most of his flowers imported from Holland. He told me the price which I can't recall the exact amount but, I do remember it was outrageously high. So, when you take a whiff of them in your garden, think of me please.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 2, 2020 12:37:09 GMT
I love ferns...I had to get rid of three last year because they were just too big for our little garden. Two went to my sister who has a huge garden and one to a neighbour a few doors down. I would like another go at growing a tree fern...I've killed two over the years! Maybe I'll get one when the garden centres open again...if they ever do. A couple of the ones waking up in our garden. Oak leaf fern...dratted thing pops up everywhere...pretty tho. Can't remember what this one's called...it's pretty...getting too big but I'm reluctant to move it on. We have a few more but they've just had their old fronds cut back so they're not looking at their best atm...
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Post by casimira on May 2, 2020 12:48:13 GMT
Those are lovely Cheery.
I don't have good luck with tree ferns either and it unnerves the hell out of me because there is one in my neighborhood that I see frequently that is healthy and gorgeous.
I don't know what it is. I have tried different light locations, amended the PH of the soil, monitored that watering of them etc. but it's just one of those plants that I just haven't had any success in growing. GRRRRR!
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Post by mickthecactus on May 2, 2020 16:45:09 GMT
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Post by casimira on May 2, 2020 20:19:39 GMT
Nice.
Are those strawberry plants in the background?
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Post by mickthecactus on May 2, 2020 20:57:31 GMT
Nice. Are those strawberry plants in the background? Yes, Alpine strawberries. Well spotted.
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Post by casimira on May 3, 2020 12:49:28 GMT
Lucky you!!! These are another of a long list of plants that don't thrive here. Regular strawberries yes, alpine (the far more desirable one), no. You're doing a fine job of taunting me Mick.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 3, 2020 13:06:59 GMT
They are really suited to UK weather.
But then you must have plenty of things I can't grow...
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Post by casimira on May 3, 2020 13:16:28 GMT
This is true. We do. Especially a lot of tropical plants.
But, I think it's just human nature to long for something we can't have.
For me, it's a long list of plants.
That being said, many of the tropical plants can be grown in greenhouses there. Not the case here.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 3, 2020 15:55:45 GMT
I love ferns...I had to get rid of three last year because they were just too big for our little garden. *sigh* I certainly don't have your problem, Cheery, & only wish my ferns didn't have to struggle so much. Yours are lovely. I love your collection too, Mick. All the white & silver ferns are so elegant & just glow in the shade. Here are my ferns, all of them in pots and all of them with marks from our very mineral-y water. First, the big beauty, a rabbit-foot which is a good yard across ~ Another in that fuzzy foot family, although the roots on this one aren't very furry at all ~ A couple of hanging ones which had been in the ground but are much happier in pots ~ Three more. The one on the left distinguishes itself by doing almost nothing, even though it's a native ~ A pretty bird's nest in the ugly spot it prefers ~
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Post by casimira on May 3, 2020 21:50:15 GMT
Lovely collection and portraits of them Bixa.
I have all the ones you posted and love them all.
Didn't Oliver Sacks publish a book on Ferns in Oaxaca or am I just imagining it? ( I guess I could just look it up...duh...)
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Post by kerouac2 on May 4, 2020 21:13:57 GMT
My last personal experience with ferns dates back to 1958 when my family was living in California. We had an Australian tree fern in back of the house, and e were all totally fascinated by it.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 5, 2020 6:44:09 GMT
Lovely ferns Bixa. Particularly the birds nest.
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Post by casimira on May 5, 2020 11:30:25 GMT
My last personal experience with ferns dates back to 1958 when my family was living in California. We had an Australian tree fern in back of the house, and e were all totally fascinated by it. As am I, and, as noted, have tried umpteen times to grow it with no luck even though I've seen some lovely specimens of it here. They're too costly to keep trying. So, I have resigned myself a long time ago that's it something I just have to enjoy from afar...
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Post by kerouac2 on May 5, 2020 11:38:37 GMT
Meanwhile, let me change that date to 1968.
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Post by casimira on May 5, 2020 11:48:56 GMT
That thought did cross my mind but, I thought it may have been an early childhood memory.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 24, 2022 13:02:59 GMT
Lucky you!!! These are another of a long list of plants that don't thrive here. Regular strawberries yes, alpine (the far more desirable one), no. You're doing a fine job of taunting me Mick. I have a big pot of Alpine strawberry seedlings that need to be moved to individual pots and then planted out among the ferns.
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Post by casimira on Apr 24, 2022 15:08:03 GMT
When will the strawberries yield their fruit Mick?
Soon I hope.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 12, 2022 12:11:42 GMT
Nice fresh ferns
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Post by casimira on May 12, 2022 15:04:30 GMT
Those are lovely Mick. Whatever you did in terms of placement in that bed you succeeded.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 13, 2022 8:34:23 GMT
Bautiful ferns Mick..nicely spaced too...that's something I struggle with. I always underestimate how big they're going to get!
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