When plants self-seed they often find perfect niches in which to set up home. In a garden recently we found young ferns which had found just such places, but I suppose they self-spore rather than self-seed. All around the edge of a curling path edged with silver birch trunks little ferns were establishing themselves.
After putting these photos into the blog I had to go out with the camera into our own garden to see what our ferns were getting up to.
Having started this post and saved it to finish later we went for a woodland walk and discovered two of our native ferns growing happily in the dappled shade.
Ferns are so amazing.
Couldn’t agree more.
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Ferns are so delicate but tough and always beautiful. They are one of the few plants I enjoy seeing pop up wherever they want.
We enjoy ours as they first start into growth in late spring.
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I always imagine dinosaurs stomping around when I see ferns… they are very beautiful in a prehistoric way!
We haven’t come across any dinosaurs yet but you never know.
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Definitely looks like they self-spore. lol