Some of you may have seen my thread about mounting my staghorn fern on a recycled fan cage (my profile picture)... sadly it didn't make it through the winter...

The thread "Recycled fan "cage"...." in Containers forum

But I recycled the recycle and planted my small squirrel's foot fern in the cage...



My hope it that it will eventually surround the cage and look totally awesome!!

Great job Kim ... it looks really good!

That looks great! I have had great luck in rooting and transplanting this fern....( I have always known it as a Rabbits Foot fern) but either way, every time I found a little "foot" broken off for what ever reason, squirrels, birds, my dog, me....lol, I stuck it in the closest flower pot, and I have it growing literally everywhere! I bet yours will look awesome!

Such a creative idea for a planter! Love it.

Suga said:( I have always known it as a Rabbits Foot fern)

I've seen it called both Suga!!

just have to watch and keep it watered well

Actually the Rabbit's Foot and the Squirrel's Foot are two different, but similar ferns.

Oh thanks Sandi... didn't realize!! Will have to check and see which one I actually have. Lost the tag somewhere along the way...

So many entriely different plants have the same common name. All of these ferns have the common name of Rabbits Foot Fern: http://garden.org/plants/searc... while Davallia trichomanoides is called both Rabbit's Foot and Squirrel's Foot Black Rabbit's Foot Fern (Davallia trichomanoides)