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Ferns offer a wide variety of plants for different uses. They vary
greatly in size, pattern, texture and shades of green. In planning your
outdoor garden, consider the type of ferns to
be used and the space you will want them to occupy. Many spread rapidly
while others grow slowly. Some stand like sentinels, rising to more
than 4 feet, while others are low growing. The Maidenhair is dainty and
fan-shaped. The Christmas fern is lance-shaped and leathery. Many, such
as the Autumn fern, have a reddish color when the fronds are young. The
Japanese Painted fern is perhaps the most chromatically unique of all ferns with its wine-red and soft silver-grey fronds.
Ferns
can soften a landscape. Group them by size, set large plants along a
fence, porch, or foundation line, miniature varieties in rock gardens,
stone walls, along walkways and borders. Plant spreading varieties as
groundcover for grass-less areas under trees or shrubs. Use ferns
anywhere to enhance the beauty of flowering plants or where attempts to
grow flowers in a sunless north exposure have failed.
Ferns are
a natural for the home. A brook or pond almost begs for a planting of
ferns along its banks, or you might create a foot trail. An excellent
way to map out a trail is to walk a winding route, allowing a heavy
string to unwind behind you. Take advantage of large stones, boulders,
and fallen logs for your fern-planting sites. Select a spot or two for
a resting place. Mark it off with fallen logs or railroad ties and
place a rustic bench. In this area, plant several kinds of ferns and
mix
them with wild flowers — wood violet, columbine, trillium,
bloodroot, May apple. Often an interesting fern will be found tucked
away in an inaccessible area, so transplant it into your view. Your
trail need not be extensive; its appeal will derive from the harmony
with nature that you have created.
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