Got this at home depot, labeled assorted fern. I hate that. Any ideas? I have just been treating it like all my other ferns - shade, and moisture.
ID help!
Here's a closeup of the underside of a leaf.
It looks a lot like the Silver Lady Fern, Blechnum gibbum.
You are lucky. It's a great fern! Don't get worried if it loses it's leaves over the winter. It will be back in the spring.
I just picked up a Blechnum brasilense, which looks similiar to the gibbum but throws a red frond out. I read that they get a little taller trunk too. Should be a beauty. Here is a photo of my gibbum in the ground. I had it in full sun at first. It grew but fried. I moved it into full shade and it looks a lot better. It can handle some sun though.
Beautiful fern Dave. I'm sure that you'll enjoy it and it will be happier in some shade. One of my Blechnum gibbums lives in early morning sun but I would guess that full sun would be a killer. Glad that you got it replanted.
What are these?
And this one.
pretty :) sorry, I'm no help
I like yours... wish we knew what they are!
I just looked up the silver lady fern and it is really cool! I'm excited I got it.
I have a couple other new ferns. The first one is really small. I could swear the tag said fuzzy, fluffy, or furry or something like that, but I can't find anything like it in plant files.
And here's the next one, good luck!!
(By the way, my silver lady has grown a ton since I posted the first pic! WOW!)
Postmandug, the first fern resembles a very small Dicksonia antartica, The Tasmanian Tree Fern. Mine has a few feet of trunk.
Rntx22, your first fern looks like some kind of sword fern.
We had a heat wave come through over two days that toasted my new beautiful (and rare) fern even in full shade. So I planted it under my Tasmanian Tree Fern and have to keep the ground moist. The Blechnum and sword ferns are much more heat hardy.
So sorry about your rare fern Dave. That's always so disappointing when something croaks in the heat. I've got a rare one (Coniogramme emeiensis 'Variegata') that doesn't look as if it's coming back. :-(
No it's not a Tasmanian. I'm in Zone 6, it would not survive our winters, plus it only gets about 2 ft tall. It does spread like crazy with rhizomes. It is a delicate looking fern but is very hardy and tough.
I knew about not letting them get too much sun but I din't even think about the heat factor... hope none of mine get fried this summer
Thanks Doss, they may surprise us and pop up again from the ground.
postmandug, when and if you id that fern, let me know what it is. it is so lush looking.
Ferns in the ground seem to fair better than ferns in pots (especially small pots with well draining soil)
Well I just emailed Judith at www.fancyfronds.com. She seems to be quite the fern expert. I ordered several from her earlier in the spring.
Doug
Well believe it or not Judith says it is a Matteuccia struthiopteris, Ostrich Fern!!!
Now that I have looked at several pics on the internet I tend to agree. I am not totally convinced though since these only get 24-30" tall. The form and growing habits do suggest Ostrich Fern though. Anyone have pics of Ostrich growing in early spring stage to compare it to? This is a pic from Wikipedia.
Doug
That certainly is a beautiful stand of ferns doug. Glad that you found out what it was.
Check out more about that fern at : http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/159/
postmandug, there is a 'Jumbo' form of Matteuccia struthiopteris, the fronds are supposed to be bigger and it gets taller.
http://www.bigdipperfarm.com/cgi-bin/searchstuff.pl?Botanical=Matteuccia
I have Jumbo but it was a very young spore grown plant when I got it, it's in the ground now and spreading but not yet full size, they take some time to reach maturity.
I took this on 6th May.
postman, I think your second one is a Polypodium
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=polypodium&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
rntx, your second one looks like a Sword Fern of some sort, but not Polystichum munitum. It could be a Nephrolepis obliterata.
http://www.landcraftenvironment.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=LANDCRAFT&Product_Code=FERN-ASF&Category_Code=444
Your first might be Nephrolepis exaltata 'Fluffy Ruffles;
http://www.robsviolet.com/nephrolepis_exalta_'fluffy_ruffles'.htm
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week226.shtml
Doug, the fern you said is an ostrich fern looks similiar to a fern called the lace fern. I don't know the scientific name.
Yeah I think you are right about the fluffy ruffles. I knew I remembered seeing the work fluffy at the nursery!