Various Ferns

I love ferns too Helenium, especially when they start to unfurl.

Oh, now can anyone tell me the name of the fern in number 6, as I have that one and I don't know it's name! Lovely blog Aileen, I love ferns too and the bigger the better!

beautiful! Some of these I think I recognize, others I don't, but like Karen I just love a big fern! I'm looking forward to the day when mine are fully grown and as statuesque as those in your photos.

Good set of pictures :o)

Thanks everyone! Karen. I think it's name is, Dryopteris erythrosora, but I'm not 100% sure. Sorry! My one died! In the third photo, up on the left there's a huge mound of (can be invasive) Carex pendula, I just love this grass, I must track one down this year, I think it goes really well with the fern here!

I can confirm it's what Helenium says. It's also known as the autumn fern because of the colouring of the fronds

Thanks for confirming that Andrew, I just wasn't sure!

I love picture No 10 as the fern looks so bushy and healthy - it reminds me of one my grandmother had when I was a young girl.

My mother put it in her garden when my Nan died and it grew like mad, but when I did the same after Mum went into residential care, it just shrivelled up and died which made me very sad. I really like the idea of plants going from one garden to another.

They're quite nice really aren't they .. I've never been a fan of them but I do like that heart's tongue fern. I had them growing out of the walls when I lived in the old cottage. There were other small ones too that I liked.

Well, I think they are quite beautiful, especially with dappled light shining through. However, they don't look good in my borders. Ive tried them and just didn't like the effect at all. I think they are best in containers in shade, or in a shady 'wild' woodland garden. They can be terribly tatty at times and they don't look good in borders...only my opinion Hywel...I can see why you haven't liked them in your garden. They do look best in the wild places!

Mariek I think the fern in photo 10 is a Matteucia, could possibly be struthiopteris (Ostrich fern) but again I would rather someone else could verify it. What a shame the one you had belonging to your Mum and Nan didn't survive. You could get another one and dedicate it to the memory of both of them!
Hywel they are nice, the Harts tongue being up there with some of my favorites. Some of them are very strange looking, one I have it's new leaves look like white suede, and another one looks like parsley! If they have survived I will post them on here!
Karen I agree they do look better in the right setting. For my taste, I'm not sure I would put them in a cottage garden setting, I'd much prefer them growing with grasses, hostas and foxgloves, in dappled shade.

Yes, I agree. Or in an ultra modernist minimalist type garden...in pots perhaps!

Thanks for the id on no.6 guys! :))

Minimalist! Karen, I'm at the opposite end of the scale when it comes to that word, wonder what that's called then? Welcome for id on no.6 I'm just glad Richard confirmed it!

Well now, what would the opposite of minialist be....Maximalist of course!! :))

I thought that one was an ostrich fern also but I wasn't sure - I'd love to have one of those but we can't grow them here due to the heat. I agree that they don't look good in many gardens; they do seem to work best in a naturalistic setting with perhaps less-showy flowers.

Karen, that sounds like me, but only in the garden though, the house is minimalist! Lauram, that's a shame you can't grow them due to the heat. I'd like to grow Melianthus major but can't, it's to cold and wet here. I grow the next best thing, Sanguisorba, some of those look similar.

There are still some large ferns we can grow, like log ferns (dryopteris celsa), and glade ferns aka Tennessee ostrich ferns. They don't get quite so large but will still reach an impressive height.

Those are nice too Lauram, and it's better some than none at all!