Great Video with lots of information. Problem for most of the USA that isn't living in the East Coast area where they grow naturally. We can only get outdoor ferns through the mail. Our Nurseries and Lowes and Home Depot stores sell Indoor ferns. The cost of a root/rhizome and shipping is pretty expensive. And to make matters worse, they can be smashed due to mail handling. Or the box, papers and bags that contain them can be torn and broken. Then they are dried out. I bought over $1000.00 dollars in plants, root stock, bulbs and rhizomes and seeds, (a lot of money for me). Many types of ferns and shade plants. I am usually a person with a very green thumb. And took a landscaping course years back. I bought from MANY different on line nurseries. It has been a huge money loss. Many things grew, but more didn't. I planted them in pots for many weeks before outside planting. I wish more people creating videos would give us addresses of where to get good plants, seeds etc. Thank you very much! Just a P.S. CasaFlora does NOT sell to the public...... The others I guess have no Internet addy.
Buy western sword ferns...they are extremely hardy. Mine have been covered in 3’ of snow in Oregon and grow back fine. Our entire forests in Oregon are covered in them.
This was uuuuuuuuuuuber helpful. I got this Tennessee Ostrich Fern, Diplazium pycnocarpon, I thought it was the edible kind.. but it looks like the edible ones are Matteuccia struthiopteris. Lol imagine a food shortage and they only thing I had for a snack were some emerging fiddleheads and I get sick 😫 because I didn't cultivate the right ones. 🙃
Thank you! Now where to find the more interesting ferns? Not even Native Plant Trust has some of these in their catalog. I’m thinking the silvery glade fern can give the all too readily available Japanese painted fern a run for its money. If only native plants were more of a thing at the frontline nurseries that deal with customers who come in knowing nothing and looking for guidance.
