I recently came back from a wonderful three-week trip to New Zealand. My wife and I have been in love with ferns for decades now. We brought back some silver fern spores, and we hope to grow them into trees on our property here in Allentown PA USA. I have a sunroom that never drops below 4C. Do you have any advice for us?
Good luck Paul with the fern propagation. The silver fern is a beautiful tree fern. I haven't grown ferns from spores I just usually buy the plants fully grown. But in this video, it shows you the procedure. - The dark art of propagating ferns from spores | Wow to | Gardening Australia. I would just be wary of not introducing a foreign plant to your local area check with your local authorities on what is legal to grow. New Zealand has introduced many new species which have become problems and get classified as noxious weeds as they out-compete the naturally grown natives.
@@ianwilsongardendesign2236thank you. I didn’t see the silver fern on the list of noxious plants for my area. (www agriculture pa gov/Plants_Land_Water/PlantIndustry/NIPPP/Pages/Controlled-Plant-Noxious-Weed aspx) with spaces replaced with dots
Most fern videos on UA-cam are about Dicksonia Antartica or Cyathea Australis. Great to see more from both families. Keep up the good work,
Thank you!
I recently came back from a wonderful three-week trip to New Zealand. My wife and I have been in love with ferns for decades now. We brought back some silver fern spores, and we hope to grow them into trees on our property here in Allentown PA USA. I have a sunroom that never drops below 4C. Do you have any advice for us?
Good luck Paul with the fern propagation. The silver fern is a beautiful tree fern. I haven't grown ferns from spores I just usually buy the plants fully grown. But in this video, it shows you the procedure. - The dark art of propagating ferns from spores | Wow to | Gardening Australia. I would just be wary of not introducing a foreign plant to your local area check with your local authorities on what is legal to grow. New Zealand has introduced many new species which have become problems and get classified as noxious weeds as they out-compete the naturally grown natives.
@@ianwilsongardendesign2236thank you. I didn’t see the silver fern on the list of noxious plants for my area. (www agriculture pa gov/Plants_Land_Water/PlantIndustry/NIPPP/Pages/Controlled-Plant-Noxious-Weed aspx) with spaces replaced with dots
You missed out Cyathea Cunninghamii - often confused with C. Medullaris.
True that is another one worth mentioning although not readily available.