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I really like the elegant growth of this species. It has prospered in the cold greenhouse - I was slightly worried that it would not like the cold, but it has managed.
It has also produced a host of tiny sporelings all around itself, so it will shortly be tried out under the trees. After a year in the greenhouse, I seem to have young sporelings coming up in a variety of pots, so it may turn out to be quite vigorous! A couple of cold winters since I first got it have killed most of the plants, but there is a small corner of the propagation house where it survives. I am afraid to interfere now, in case I lose the last couple of plants. It should have been repotted this year, it will have to be done next. Plant Delights Nursery say: "Adiantum caudatum (Walking Maidenhair Fern) This little known Southeast Asian native emerges late after a hard winter, but our plants have survived 7ยบ F (-14 C), to form a 5' wide patch in 5 years. The 1.5" wide by 2' long arching fronds, which emerge pink in spring, root into the ground at the tips forming a new plant. Moist soils result in faster growth, but our plants are quite happy in a fairly dry, sandy soil. (Hardiness Zone 7b-10) |
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| 12th September 2006 | ||
