Have you seen this fern?

Hi,

In my Japanese gardenig book "All About Creating Japanese Gardens", there is a photo of a Lady Fern Athyrium Filix-Femina. Over the past few days I've been looking for it online, but the one that keeps coming up doesn't look anything like the photo in my book.

The one in the book looks to me like a spiral staircase if that makes sense. There is a stem and the fronds are winding their way up the stem. My mother says it looks like mint.

Has anyone got any idea to what this might be?

Thanks

Calum

 

Is it like this one ??
http://www.plantdelights.com/Athyrium-filix-femina-Frizelliae-Tatting-Fern/productinfo/2362/

 

Something like this?

 

Hi joolz68,

It looks something like that, but the stems grow upright rather than flopping over and it looks nicer. The info in the book says its an North American native.

Thankss

 

Hi,

I don't know if I'm allowed to do this, but below is a scanned copy of this fern the book.

Moderators note,
Taken out to avoid copyright problems.

 

Copyright wise, not really but i'll leave it up for a while before deleting:WINK1:

 

I have found it!!!!!!! There are different types of this fern and the one pictured is: filix-femina frizelliae. Hope this helps,

Val

 

I agree with Joolz (edit - and Val ). I've looked in my RHS Plant Book (don't know what I'd do without it) and that pic you've got looks exactly like the Athyrium Filix-Femina Frizelliae in there. The pic in my book looks a lot more upright than the pic that Joolz has linked to, so maybe it 'goes over' a bit more with age?

 

there you go ... Athyrium Filix-Femina ...£4.50 each

http://www.shadyplants.net/photo_2981488.html

I buy most of the ferns that I plant from this company... contact them and ask for clarifiation

 

oops .... I never saw the 2 previous posts ... but here it is from the same company for £3.95 :

http://www.shadyplants.net/photo_664671.html

 

Here is one on ebay but it looks nowt like the plantdelights link i found
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290717237...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_2065wt_1270 i think i i was clum,i wouldnt buy one till i have spoken to the seller or have the plant in front of me to buy x

 

Clum....Here is one from bowden nurseries,they seem a good site and it also matches
https://www.bowdenhostas.com/products/Athyrium-filix%2dfemina-'Frizelliae'.html#

 

No, this is wrongly labelled!! bad seller!!

Val

 

We are all so eager to help we are cross posting one another!!!

Val

 

Thanks Ziggy

Gemini, Jo and *dim* - Thanks for your help, but I have a feeling this isn't the right 1, because its the European type which flops. The type I'm trying to find is from North America, which stands upright according to the discription. I might be totally wrong but I have to go off you guys as I'm just learning about ferns