My new fern, Dryopteris Erythrosora, is beginning to spring into life...
The new leaves appear initially like tightly-coiled rust-coloured springs, pushing up from amongst the green fronds. There is something "prehistoric" about these - to me they look slightly sinister.
In a day or two they will unfurl and turn a lovely fresh green colour
This is a photo of a fern which I think is quite similar. It is one that arrived in my garden a few years ago as a volunteer. During the Summer it produces a mass of feathery green leaves, which develop a golden tinge as the Autumn approaches. I posted about dividing and re-potting it last October.
It is now two plants, which have been over-wintered inside one of my plastic mini-greenhouses. They are just beginning to re-grow. I can see the new leaf-buds swelling.
The offspring of these are now planted as a screen in front of my cucumber-growing tub. Looks like these are going to be well suited to the task...
In the first picture I thought the furled fern was an insect! Looks alien. Great shots Mark!
ReplyDeleteI don't know well about kinds of ferns but that "transformation" is very interesting!
ReplyDeleteI think that is one of things which typically represents how spring season can give a life, and beauty to all plants!
I've never grown ferns, but I find them fascinating how they unfurl.
ReplyDeleteStunning photos Mark. I agree, ferns are very prehistoric - in fact aren't they one of the genus that have been on earth the longest?
ReplyDeleteI really love ferns but sadly I think our tree fern is compost this year!
ReplyDeleteMark my bloglist has a link to a post called Gardening Beauties but when I click the link it says that the page doesn't exsist and it isn't showing either when I visit your blog
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are amazing and they do indeed look like something prehistoric.
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