frond interrupted

frond interrupted

one of the stranger ferns i grow are called interrupted ferns. the name comes from the center fronds being interrupted by spore leaflets, as this photo shows so clearly.  the interruption seems to distress people. i often let friends come over and dig up ferns for their gardens. but no one wants the interrupted ferns. they find them homely. so, of course, i have become a bit protective of them, because it breaks my heart that no one ever picks them. what do you think? homely or invitingly different?

interrupted fern fronds

  • Ginny says:

    Oh! Invitingly different, hands down! How could one not be charmed by this fern? It has chutzpah. I’ll take some, please.

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  • Carol Sommers says:

    I would take many of these individual beauties

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