Property News · May 1, 2022

Ferns aren’t nearly as fickle as you fear


They’re reputed to be immensely difficult to grow. That’s nonsenseThere are some pieces of received wisdom in horticulture that are so frequently repeated, it can seem as if they simply must be true. Like the idea cacti are hard to kill, despite the fact this is actually incredibly easy to do – just give these desert-dwellers too much water or too little light. The same goes for mint, which is admittedly incredibly vigorous in deep, moist garden borders, but will quickly exhaust itself if grown in a small, terracotta pot without the cool, expansive root run it demands.While there is, of course, a general truth to these statements, there is a risk of over-simplification that can, I think, often set people up for failure. Conversely, there are some groups of plants that have an undeserved reputation for being impossible to grow, despite often being pretty resilient. This can cause people to miss out on the joy of growing them. And to me at the top of that list are indoor ferns. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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