Ferns To Beautify Your Gardens (Part 2)

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Read Ferns To Beautify Your Gardens Tips for buying and planting the ferns. Ferns gardening requires a special talent when you have to choose the favourite variety for your garden. This is because fern varieties vary as Christmas fern, Boston fern, Maidenhair fern, Spleenwort fern.

Caring your plant
Ferns, as a whole, like lots of light but no direct sun. They require ample watering, yet are quick to sicken in the presence of standing water, so provide plenty of drainage. Re-pot ferns at least once a year, and oftener if you suspect that the roots are pot-bound. Fern fronds are fragile and tender things. Crowding or brushing against objects or other plants will bruise and cause them to turn brown at the tips. Give them plenty of room to grow. Make sure there is no constant wind or draughts battering your ferns. These reduce humidity. Do not plant your ferns too deeply make sure the crown is not covered or your fern will develop crown rot.

Popular Fern Varieties

Christmas Fern: Christmas fern is a much liked variety among garden ferns. This plant has rich evergreen leaves that grow in bouquet-like clusters. The leaves that cascade from the central roots are spiny toothed which makes them more decorative. They look charming in the shade garden and can be planted in pots and on the ground. They are widely used for floral arrangements.

Boston Fern: the most common and favourite fern, has several varieties and is relatively easy to grow. It is a large variety having upright, graceful green foliage with long, elegantly curved fronds divided into small leaflets. Boston fern is usually grown in moist, shady areas. Only moderate care is needed for its healthy growth. Although they are considered generally pest free, aphids, mealy bugs and mites are the most common insect problems.

Spleenwort Fern: But may also sometimes be found on other rocks. Spleenwort fern has sterile fronds 3-6 inches long that are flat and spread from the center. It has dark purple-brown, wiry stiff stem and each front is divided into numerous pairs of oblong to oval leaflets. It prefer well-drained, moist, limy loam in partial sun. It needs shade and excellent drainage.

Maidenhair Fern: This pretty, dainty and delicate fern with vivid bright green leaves on thin and wiry, shiny black or dark brown stem will reach up to a height of 12-18 inches. The fronds which are feathery and circular, grows outward in a flat, fan-like position; each frond or leaflet has 15 to 35 opposite pairs of smaller leaf segments with jagged margin along upper edge. They can be grown as an ornamental fern. They are relatively easy to grow and there is no serious insect or disease problems.