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Six on Saturday: Strange and Wonderful Things

Sometimes nature is just a bit odd and surprising.

Clockwise from top right: Sensitive fern, Onoclea sensibilis; mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia; Interesting fiddle heads emerging on Dryopteris x australis; Emerging fiddlehead; yellow morel mushroom; Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’ with Hosta and dried dogwood petals and oak ‘flowers.’

With appreciation to Jim Stephens of Garden Ruminations, who
hosts Six on Saturday each week.

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  3. The picture with the Onoclea epitomises the look of a fully formed plant community that I spend a lot of time trying, and usually failing, to achieve. I think maybe our climate tends toward a succession of relatively simple mixes over the year, rather than a lot of species in growth at the same time.

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    • Your Dryopteris photo looked like a lovely, balanced plant community. I’m sure you get some beautiful associations around your Camellias, too. The Onoclea grows on the first bank behind our home that I began planting in ferns and shrubs more than a decade ago. We also have quite a few tree seedlings come up in areas like this, and that beech seedling will have to go soon. .Japanese honeysuckle runs rampant through this area and begs for near daily pulling. I especially love the Onoclea for their unusual fronds. It takes several years for them to really establish, but we have some that grow to more than a half meter tall now and look lovely in the afternoon sun.

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