Deciduous Ferns - Millie Davenport

Hi, I amMillie Davenport, a horticulture extension agent with the Clemson University Home & Garden Information Center. Today we are going to look at Deciduous Ferns. Today we here in the South Carolina Botanical Gardens and we are looking at a few deciduous hardy ferns. Basically, deciduous just means that these plants lose their foliage during the late fall, winter months and they reemerge with new growth in the following spring. Now, we are going to look at a couple of different species. And, the first one we are going to look is one of the ones that has the most potential to get the tallest. This is the Royal Fern, Osmunda regalis. This plant is a native fern and in fact at first glance it doesnt even look like a fern. It looks like possibly a member of the legume family. But it is actually a fern. The Royal Fern is really nice for foundation plantings or background plantings because of its nice height. Although here you can see it is much shorter. So, it is going to be really nice toward the border of your garden. One thing about the Royal Fern is that it has a clumping root system. So, it has a massive clumping root system, it does not spread. This fern has a nice, really showy fertile frond. The tips are the fertile portion where the spores are housed in these little capsules called sori. All of these kind of give the appearance of almost a flower on the fern. So, that gives it another common name called the flowering fern. The Royal Fern will really do well in a ...



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