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  • From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@otherside.com>
  • To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] shady rock outcropping
  • Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 06:58:24 -0400

Hello Andrew,
    One of my favorite native ferns for naturalizing a rock area is the Bulblet Fern, Cystopteris bulbifera. Usually stays round a foot or just a bit more in height, slowly expands to form colonies. On the back side of the fronds there are live "babies" that drop and roll when mature. Where ever they end up they begin to unfurl and establish themselves. Placed at the top of a cliff or steep bank they will roll  downwards to form drifts resembling water flow.
    If they get too dry in summer they can brown a bit, but when moisture returns they green back up. Very delicate and lacy in appearance, good burgundy to mahogany stems in early spring.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
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Some ferns have naturalized and I know there are ferns that will do well but you'd have to do some research in this area. 
 Andrew Messinger



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