Specific Families and Genera > Ferns
Rock ferns
zen:
Ferns are associated primarily with shadowy woodland, but there are many species that, like alpine plants, grow in rock crevices. I've encountered some of rock ferns even in really high mountains (like 3000 m. AMSL).
Some are quite large, like Dryopteris villari or Polystichum lonchistis, and the others, like Asplenim septentrionale or Asplenium fisum, are small in size.
I would like to show you a couple of pictures showing ferns that I've met in their natural habitat, as well as some of those that grow in my own garden.
Ferns may be an interesting part of the rock garden and I hope I'll to convince you to that.
Maybe some of you also show your ferns?
Asplenium trichomanes
Cystopteris fragilis
Asplenium ruta-muraria
various ferns in rock crevice
some photos no longer available via photobucket- links removed
annew:
Beautiful photos, Zen :D
ranunculus:
Superb, Zen ... more please!
kindredspiritkevin:
Can't match the quality of those pics but I potted up a trough last week with Rusty Back (Ceterach Officinarum) and Spleenwort, maidenhair (Asplenium Trichomanes) in the soil they were growing in from a Slate Quarry slagheap. (Farmer gave them to me.)
I think they're ideal for troughs.
zen:
I'm glad that you liked my photos. Small ferns are very good for trought.
Asplenium ruta-muraria, saxifraga paniculata and sepervivum tectorum
(photos no longer available via photobucket. )
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