Greenville, IN (Zone 6a) | September 2006 | positive
I rescued two of these ferns from the woods where they are getting ready to build two houses, last year, they had a single frond, this ye...Read Morear two, they were in the sun most of the day, with no burn, I have not had the nerve to experiment with it in the sun as of yet, I have 4 now, two to be planted yet, think I will try one in part sun this year and see what happens.
My experience with these ferns is that they die back around Jan. and pop back up as late as June and on there way to turning bronze right now.
Will write more about them next year, am going to write down when it dies back exactly, and when it starts to come back up, very unusual fern. I love it!
The bronze fern grows in shady,moist bottomland or rich wooded ravines here in Southeast Missouri. I have also seen it growing in thick l...Read Moreeaf mulch at the border of my woods. It is somewhat rare. The single leaf turns bronze in the fall, hence the name. The foliage persists over winter. This variety is less dissected than than Botrychium dissectum var. dissectum. I will try to get a picture of the fertile spike later this year.
Bronze Fern, Grape Fern Botrychium dissectum var. obliquum is Native to Texas and other States.
I rescued two of these ferns from the woods where they are getting ready to build two houses, last year, they had a single frond, this ye...Read More
The bronze fern grows in shady,moist bottomland or rich wooded ravines here in Southeast Missouri. I have also seen it growing in thick l...Read More