@Loofah well spotted, that's Fatsia polycarpa. Slow growing for me, but it was knocked by a severe cold in the winter after I'd planted it - that...
It's been pretty dry in Cambridgeshire for the past six weeks or so, with the exception of one day of rain. That day did help in perking up the...
That does suggest there are gardens without concrete, or at least large parts of it. As that aspect came up as an unknown quantity (feasibility of...
About the presence and depth of (old) concrete - what do the neighbouring gardens look like? It could be worthwhile speaking to neighbours and...
Perhaps make sure that the ferns you lift are not bracken. Bracken can be well-behaved in woodland, but I'd still avoid it.
I'm quite curious. It reminds me of the Blechnum genus, but I haven't found a good match. Perhaps e-mail the gardens?
I use only home-made compost and (very) occasionally a bucket of comfrey tea, plus I mulch a lot to get good humus-rich soil. Plants have managed...
As a minor point, nematodes and beer traps are also forms of murder, with averted eyes. I very selectively kill slugs and snails (with...
The ones I struggled a lot with and lost are Arachniodes aristata, Rumohra aristata and Coniogramme emeiensis. Agree with @Plantminded about...
I wondered whether you would pop up over here after the "I've had it with Hostas" post @BB3! I have tried quite a large number of ferns, and some...
I have a push mower. Love the sound of it, and there is an element of exercise as well. I've never had a petrol or electric mower, so don't even...
Strong winds, like heat waves, droughts and floods, will keep increasing in prevalence and strength. Not every place on earth will get the same...
It's crested, that's for sure. Very common is Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata'. Out of curiosity I tried a web search. Dryopteris filix-mas 'Cristata...
Reminds me of the advice that round planting holes are not as good as planting holes that have corners or preferably sharp corners, to help roots...
Only much later I noticed the little guy doing some free-style flexing. Difficult with the phone to get good focus - here it's on a single little...
@Panda2 I may be wide off the mark; it reminds me of Cyrtomium fortunei. The pinna are quite widely spaced. There is a variety C fortunei var....
Looks like Chionodoxa to me.
@BB3 @Papi Jo my fern identification skills are poor but do not dampen the enthusiasm. From browsing the identification forum on Welcome to the...
My kojo-no-mai is about 10 year old. It was 30-40cm when bought, and moved once after planting, so had to settle twice. It's now about 210cm tall....
Oh forgot an absolute favourite - (f) Dryopteris atrata[ATTACH]
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