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