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Posted by bluebars 7 MD (My Page) on Tue, May 26, 09 at 8:37
Purchased for $1.00 several years ago, and planted right under the shade of a maple tree, this fern has really grown large and lush. It provides a bright and happy spot in my otherwise rather boring garden. (The deer eat everything else!)
Can anyone tell me it's name, and suggest methods of propagation?
Thanks in advance,
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Appears to be Cyrtomium fortunei, Japanese Holly Fern.
I once had a neighbor, now deceased, who loved those. She was a Master Gardener, but for unknown reasons, she could never remember the Latinized name. I encouraged her to label the plant, but she said that her fellow MGs would chide her for having to label a plant! Pride goeth before, etc., etc.!
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I've search from Google and I have found one close to the picture of yours and it is called the Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern) a Japanes royal fern which belong to the royal
Flowering Fern (Osmunda japonica), is a fern in the genus Osmunda native to eastern Asia, including Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, and the far east of Russia on Sakhalin. It grows in moist. |
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| I'm pretty sure this is Cyrtomium fortunei. It's a Cyrtomium species at least. |
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| I´m pretty sure this fern is Cyrtomium fortunei var. clivicola. |
Here is a link that might be useful: cyrtomium fortunei clivicola
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| Here´s a listing of hardy ferns. |
Here is a link that might be useful: www.westdijkplant.nl
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joewest, I think you are right with Cyrtomium fortunei var. clivicola.
I did some more searching about propagation, picked off a leaf and put it in an envelope and forgot about it. In July I tossed all that brown "dust" on some potting soil and topped it with a little "shower cap" to hold moisture. Never tried to grow ferns before.
Lo and behold, 6-8 weeks later there was a little green haze. Now 4 months later, I can see (with a loupe) little tiny baby ferns! It seems there are a trillion of them per square inch, even though I spread the dust pretty evenly. The little green dots are even growing on the inside edges of the flowerpot.
Here's hoping they will all grow up to be as lovely as the parent.
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