Ferns That Look Good in September - Zone 5b - Autumn and Ghost Ferns - September 2022
I've long talked about how my favorite garden plant family are ferns. Hostas are a close second. Why? Because my Mom was a shade gardener who toiled in her garden over the years with hostas . Our backyard is mostly shade, so like my mother...I, too, am a shade gardener. That means finding things that work well in shade and/or part shade. That has lead me to lists like this that talk about various things that work well in shade like heucheras , lungwort and...of course ferns and hostas. Over the years, I've planted various ferns in our gardens, but my first fern love was the Ostrich Fern . I've had them in our garden in Elmhurst, brought a couple to my sister & Equation Boy's house (when we lived there) and have them here in Downers . And, while they're really great ferns, they start to look a little ragged as the growing season goes on. But, on a recent walk around the garden, I've noticed that a couple of varieties of ferns are looking REALLY goo