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Some Hardy Ferns For The Garden About Us | Establishing A Fernery | Repotting Ferns | Contact Us This article was provided by The Fern Society of Victoria MAIDENHAIR FERNSMost of the lovely Maidenhair ferns you buy in the nursery or supermarket are not successful in the ground. If you want to grow ferns in the ground, you would be well advised to pick some of our hardy, native varieties. There is quite a few of them, four in Victoria alone. The most common, Adiantum aethiopicum or Common maidenhair spreads quite rapidly from creeping rhizomes and will do well in the ground. Another is Adiantum formosum, Black stem or Giant maidenhair, which is much bigger than the common maidenhair and will get fronds as much as a metre long. (Formosum means 'beautiful'.) Another tough one, which comes up with reddish fronds, is Adiantum hispidu-lum. A non-native, which is quite similar to it, is Adiantum pubescens. It does quite well in the ground, too. Many of the exotic Maidenhairs need to grow in a glasshouse, sunr-oom or possibly indoors, somewhere protected from the winter weather. They don't mind the cold but can't stand being both cold and wet for long. "ISLAND BEAUTY" This is cross between Asplenium bulbiferum (Hen and Chickens fern) and Asplenium surrogatum from Lord Howe Island. It is a very attractive and hardy fern and relatively freely available from nurseries. It has inherited its parents' hardy nature but is a bit more vigorous and grows more rapidly. It grows easily indoors as an indoor potplant, or in the fernery. It produces plantlets on the fronds like its parent, the Hen and Chicken fern. |
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