tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post9116892332435156358..comments2024-03-25T13:56:15.075+00:00Comments on Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments: Invasion of the giant spiders.Sue Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-23861456292879755802010-04-28T18:52:12.648+00:002010-04-28T18:52:12.648+00:00Thanks very much I'll look out for those, I...Thanks very much I'll look out for those, I'd like to brighten up a couple of really shady spots.Damohttp://www.twochancesvegplot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-54181090762647768912010-04-28T08:25:35.861+00:002010-04-28T08:25:35.861+00:00Damo - I must admit to having forgotten what most ...Damo - I must admit to having forgotten what most of my ferns are now.<br /><br />It does depend on how big you want them to grow some are huge others tiny!<br /><br />Dryopteris erythrosora (buckler fern) is good in that its new fronds are a sort of coppery colour - it is a bit later so I haven't trimmed the old fronds of that yet.<br /><br />I think the one in the photo is Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata' It grows quite large<br /><br />Asplenium scolopendrium hart's tongue fern is smaller and has smooth animal tongue like fronds.<br /><br />Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata' - grows fairly big - I have it in a large terracotta pot.<br /><br />The names are horrendous - I haven't mentioned any of the really small ones there's also Athyrium niponicum var. pictum<br />Japanese painted fern - if you want something different to green fronds.<br />I have to be honest though I just go to the garden centre and if I like the look of a fern I buy it!Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-73167547294829651822010-04-27T20:47:08.742+00:002010-04-27T20:47:08.742+00:00I'd like to get some ferns for a shady corner,...I'd like to get some ferns for a shady corner, which ones do you recommend?Damohttp://www.twochancesvegplot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-30582021283490829002010-04-27T16:54:13.989+00:002010-04-27T16:54:13.989+00:00Hi Jo, I love the shapes of the leaves tooHi Jo, I love the shapes of the leaves tooSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-58440318068470635732010-04-27T10:48:33.031+00:002010-04-27T10:48:33.031+00:00Now these are the kind of spiders that I like. I f...Now these are the kind of spiders that I like. I find ferns fascinating the way that they unfurl their new leaves, but I don't have any in my garden.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-20806441216979728042010-04-27T08:45:56.026+00:002010-04-27T08:45:56.026+00:00Welcome coffeeandapplepie & Christine
I though...Welcome coffeeandapplepie & Christine<br />I thought the title would get people going a bit!<br /><br />Coffee - Ferns will grow in shade be we have lots just grwoing anywhere in the garden<br /><br />Christine - hope your veg patch is soon producing! When does your season begin?Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-74809227098134980072010-04-26T23:41:38.394+00:002010-04-26T23:41:38.394+00:00I was a little nervous about reading your post: sp...I was a little nervous about reading your post: spiders are not my favorite beasts to see pictures of and giant spiders, yikes. How pleasantly suprised I was to see ferns! Nothing going on at all in the veggie garden at my place...I'm jealous.<br /><br />Christine in AlaskaChristine B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08335289758548637661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-77360298331690993032010-04-26T18:06:27.925+00:002010-04-26T18:06:27.925+00:00OMG - I oved my feet off the floor as soon as I sa...OMG - I oved my feet off the floor as soon as I saw the word "Spider" and then saw that picture...I HATE THEM! But like Ferns! I don't have any in the garden....I think I see them as a shady plant....maybe I should give them a bash...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-42417757811264503352010-04-26T16:48:00.156+00:002010-04-26T16:48:00.156+00:00BW & VH - they are great aren't they
Tany...BW & VH - they are great aren't they<br /><br />Tanya - It's not cheating at all if Alys Fowler can buy her plants at a car boot sale when she hasn't had her shed burnt down then you have absolutely no reason to feel as if it's cheatingSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-89355842958429479852010-04-26T14:11:58.649+00:002010-04-26T14:11:58.649+00:00your broad beans look great...as mine got burnt in...your broad beans look great...as mine got burnt in the fire I cheated and bought some in town but they are fine specimens and I have high hopes for them!!allotments4youhttp://www.allotments4you.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-15780591115661015242010-04-26T13:54:20.042+00:002010-04-26T13:54:20.042+00:00Hi Flum, assume he is already a member of British ...Hi Flum, assume he is already a member of British Pteridological Society (founded in the Lake District - where else!)<br /><br />http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/bps/<br /><br />If not, maybe m/ship would be a handy birthday present one year?BilboWagginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913801147278606148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-1872342761697295612010-04-26T11:51:27.375+00:002010-04-26T11:51:27.375+00:00My husband is a serious fernophile! His particula...My husband is a serious fernophile! His particular interest is wall ferns which grow on between-the-wars garden walls here, with lime mortar. Fascinating - and ancient - plants.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12841961223771293021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-45302847939794900292010-04-26T11:19:52.920+00:002010-04-26T11:19:52.920+00:00Thanks for the fern reminder, must go and see how ...Thanks for the fern reminder, must go and see how ours have fared over the winter. I love how they look at this stage - something between a crab and a fossil?BilboWagginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913801147278606148noreply@blogger.com