Six (More) Autumn Ferns Brought Home - September 2022
Just last week, I posted some details and photos of ferns that are peforming really well late in Summer and early Fall in our garden . Those were Japanese Painted Ghost Ferns and Autumn Ferns. I planted three Autumn Ferns - Dryopteris erythrosora - in May of 2021 and have watched them become standouts. One of the things that I learned - by 'getting to know' these ferns is that they're semi-evergreen. All the way until mid-December (2021) , I was able to see these ferns show up in the garden, well-past when everything else went dormant. I liked them so much that I put the idea of adding more of these on my 2022 to-do list (#2) and on my 2022 plant wish list . Good news: on a recent trip to the orange Big Box nursery, I found a set of six of these Autumn Ferns that were 50% off. They're small to begin with (1.5 pint), so half-off made them $3 a piece. Some photos below show these newly acquired Autumn Ferns. First, a top-down look at the fronds. Then, a