I get to see some beautiful developments... and each fern offers completely unique variations on the same theme.............. the unfurling of a new fern frond...
'Ghost' fern
Japanese Painted fern
'Sunset' fern
Scaly Wood fern
Sensitive fern
Japanese Tassel fern
In another, earlier post I said, "... with each passing season I seem to find more pleasure and peaceful contemplation in ferns than I do in flowers."
That has been particularly true this season.
A friend gave me a VERY small fern three seasons ago... it's name is Adiantum capillus-veneris [Southern Maidenhair Fern]. One look and I knew it would never be hardy in Oklahoma City. I planted it anyway... curious to see if it would get any bigger that year. Well, it did... but the really impressive thing is that it keeps coming up each spring. It's still small... but it's still growing.
