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Author Message   Mother_nature  My Garden Posted on Monday, August 21, 2006 - 02:18 pm EST :    works best for you? Mother_nature - TN, Zone "6"   Gardenshowlady  Posted on Monday, August 21, 2006 - 03:30 pm EST :    I have lots of ferns that are doing wonderful...Autumn fern, Holly fern, Wood fern, Australian tree fern, staghorn fern. And 2 Boston fern hanging baskets that are doing terrific. Gardenshowlady - SC Lowcountry, Zone "8B"   Gardenbug  Posted on Monday, August 21, 2006 - 04:48 pm EST :    My fave is Ghost fern: http://plantdel.com/Catalog/Current/Detail/03881.html But I have many different kinds and don't even know their names. Like grasses, I find fern names tough to remember. If you want a pretty one that spreads everywhere, Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive fern) is great too. It really brightens up my shady area by the creek. A dry site will restrain its growth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_fern The only one I'm not fond of is the one I inherited when we bought this place, Ostrich fern. This one forms colonies all over and in dry years (we have more and more of these) they turn brown in July and August already! YUCK. But it is the one known for fiddleheads, a spring time delicacy. http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/ferns/matteucciastru.html I also grow Maidenhair ferns and love their pretty circular habit of growth and their almost black stems. These can tolerate fairly dry soil once established. http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/ferns/adiantumpeda.html Gardenbug - Ontario, Zone "4/5"   Vasagi  Posted on Monday, August 21, 2006 - 11:59 pm EST :    Dicksonia fibrosa (tree fern) works best for me as it's windy here and we get some reasonably hard frosts. The Ghost Fern looks really attractive too. Vasagi - Wairarapa, Zone "9"   Mother_nature  My Garden Posted on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 12:35 pm EST :    Thank you for input. Mother_nature - TN, Zone "6"

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