Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina
By Greenthumb
- 4 Aug, 2010
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We are mostly Ostrich fern or Alaska fern Matteuccia struthiopteris in the interior if any fern. The lady fern is more full and more beautifully shaped I think. This is found in profusion throughout Southcentral and Southeast Alaska.
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Nice to see it in the wild,i grow it here and it needs shade from hot sun.
5 Aug, 2010
TY. Most of our natives prefer a chill in winter so I would';t be surprised about that Lauram. The angle of the earth towards the sun from here doubles the atmosphere so we get little red and blue spectrum light, just the light for a fern to flourish. That may be a second factor to the size and beauty of these here.
6 Aug, 2010
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Nice looking fern and it is certainly healthier & fuller looking than my lady fern, which is sorta scraggly even after 3 years. It's never really done well. I wonder if it's one of those plants that prefers it cold?
5 Aug, 2010