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Ostrich Ferns! Matteucia struthiopteris || Fern Friday Season 2
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2019
- #FernFriday This week it's all about how to grow the Ostrich fern! Matteucia struthiopteris is a U.S and Canada native fern which grows anywhere from 1 to 5 feet tall. A lot of how how large they grow is relative to their climate. More mild climates with loamy soil and moderate to heavy precipitation will produce the taller ferns. This is in my opinion the best fern to grow in the landscape for people who want texture but not the fuss of typical ferns. Ostritch ferns are such an easy to grow fern because they are cold hardy, they are a fern for sun ( in more mild climates) and they grow quickly giving a strong impact to the garden. No matter the climate, once they send up their fertile fronds the plants start looking kind of shabby but it is worth it since they look so lush and vibrant for so many months prior. To fertilize these ferns I suggest amending the soil in mid spring with rich organic matter such as humus, worm casting, epsoma plant tone etc. ... anything that will enrich the soil. If it is desired to use a liquid fertilizer for ferns then be sure to dilute that fertilizer by 50% to avoid any root burn. The main reason the ostritch fern is my favorite fern is due to the amount of light they can take. As long as temperatures aren't scorching hot (+90F) then these are ferns for part to full sun. Of course they need lots of watering and well drained soil the more sun they get but their are not any other ferns for my area that grow well with much sun on them. Ideally the ferns need bright morning sun and filtered afternoon shade, but mine have been growing for several years in morning and afternoon sun and looking great!... until it gets really hot outside, then they start to get shabby. The light green foliage would pair wonderfully with a rainbow of impatiens, or to keep things more elegant in the garden, just some white impatiens. I think the Ostritch fern is the best fern for growing in more rough climates or gardens where other ferns fail.
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I really love your ferns, because of where I live, I won't be growing any, I know that I could plant some fountain grass and pretend I have something that is like a fern even though it won't be, Lol! So lovely indeed, and I'm grateful you share your beautiful garden with us. Loved this video and your little bits of humor thrown in, gave me my giggle for the weekend. Thanks Jeff and have a great weekend and I will see you soon, bye for now.
I live in Canada. My ferns are huge. If I could send a photo somewhere I would.
I was really just wondering about those things that were shooting up. I see now that’s a natural process. Thanks.
Hi Jeff! I really like your Ostrich fern. I think it still looks pretty good, good enough to see what it would look like in all it's glory anyway. I'm always happy to see a new video of yours, no matter what you talk about. Where I grew up in Idaho we would go to the woods around us and Mom would dig up ferns and columbines to plant in our yard. They were really pretty. Thank you for sharing!
Hey sandy! Thank you! Aww, those sound like some sweet and fond memories!
They are sweet and fond memories. Mom is 93 now and can't do too much any more.
Great plants and giggles.
I love the texture of ferns. Pretty easy to grow. Thanks for sharing 🌱💚🤗
Have a wonderful weekend friend!
Me too! Thank you Michigan Garden Gal! Hope you're having a great day!
😊 Happy Fern Friday! Love ferns and so many I have not heard of or seen. Doing Good, love learning all the info about plants and ferns esp.
happy fern friday!
Thank you Jeff, love your advice....here in P.N.W. Oregon wild ferns are everywhere....indoors I have himilayan ferns popping up in all my houseplant pots in sunroom..airborne spores....the grey bonsia pot type fountain with pumace insert waterfalls...was the perfect incubator for that spore now 2 ft. Tall...I left them on fountain....the water still flows in it...such a zen spot....Yes I am a fern lover. Love your videos...Hugs
Pnw/seattle and the Olympic rainforest are where my love for ferns first started. I think I was 7 or 8 years old. They grow so lush and huge up there! Lucky!
Just bought 3 roots in a bag from Walmart 🌱 probably a little late but I'm going to put them in today and see what they do this year. I love perennials 🌱🌱🌱 Happy Planting 🌵🌿🌱🌿🌵
Mine came from roots in a bag from Walmart! Took them a few years to get going, but worth the wait!
Love these ferns! I had a lot of them, as well as cinnamon ferns in my yard. They did great for me in East-Central IL.
They are so lush and vibrant!
Eager for all my ostrich ferns to take off!!! The area they are in needs a dense but medium-tall ground cover. Loving your fern series. SUBSCRIBED!
Thank you for this video by the way! My mom and dad moved into a new place in New Hampshire they have a really cool hosta garden and there's a bunch of these fern fronds covered in that section she was going to pull them all out like weeds! And I said to her no don't do it I think there's something lo and behold Ostrich Ferns
good thing you caught that! I bet it looks beautiful!
@@TropicalPlantParty well it definitely needs Tamed they're kind of all over the place kind of invading the hostas
💚🌿🌿🌿the fern a like fluffy and cozy
they sure do!
I live in Wisconsin in a town on Lake Michigan with cool summers and warm (warm for WI lol) winters and mine are 4 feet tall. They’re in super sandy soil on the north side of my house. I haven’t tried eating them though lol
That sounds magnificent!
🙋🏽♂️!!! happy Saturday😃
🙋♂️ happy saturday ricky! Hope you're having a great day!
Hiiiiii! I have an ostrich fern planted in my yard. It's up against my house, kinda in a protected corner. It gets a little morning sun here in Louisiana, zone 9. That's right, I'm growing this in zone 9. Comes back beautifully every year and does well throughout the summer months.
That's awesome! I'm so glad you commented that you are successful at growing this in zone 9! I wondered a little about everyone and everything saying only hardy to zone 7 when their dormancy and cycle is mostly triggered by light and not as much by temperatures. Good to know, thank you!
@@TropicalPlantParty Yrah, and mine usually dont go dormant here. They live throughout our "winter" 😂
Hi, I add spruce needles to the soil around all my outdoor ferns, love your videos :)
Thank you, Kelly!
One of my favorite moments of any of your videos: "Who out there has eaten their ferns?"
😂🤣 I mean, I know eating fiddleheads is a thing, just haven't ever talked to anyone who has actually done it.
Yes I have some in my yard and I am in Canada . They grow so big next to the house that my pug gets lost behind them , it’s so cute
😂🤣 that sounds lovely! I love pugs!
Great native plant where I live and will slowly begin to replace at least some of the many hostas I've inherited by buying my house.
Absolutely love these mine have done great this year so far no burn but usually look horrible this time of year.
Same! I mean, they just started getting their mid-summer shab on, but usually it starts a few weeks earlier, depending on the heat.
@@TropicalPlantParty do you have any holly ferns? Mine have done amazing this year!
I just got some from Wallis world so same ones lol. They were on clearance for a dollar. I have bigger all year round ferns that are at least 20 years old. I really liked your narration and the great info. You mentioned native clay soil what state are you in? I'm in Florida a lot more sand, hope they do well. Thanks again-john
Hey Jon! I'm in St. Louis where the soil is a mix of clay in some areas and sand in the lower areas. My yard is mostly clay, but ive been amending it for years now and it's getting more loamy and rich. I'd think they'd do well in Florida, right? Warmth, humidity and rain should be go for them and that soil won't have any trouble draining.
the reason you eat them as fiddleheads, rather than a more mature frond is because they are tender (mature fronds are tough and stringy). Same goes for Asparagus, we eat the tender new shoots rather than the woody, more mature growths. One of my favorite ferns, along with Cinnamon Fern.
Yes, but, what do they taste like? Worth giving a try? I also love love LOVE cinnamon ferns! I had one for years and I think it was last summer it just didn't come back from the prior year.
@@TropicalPlantParty sort of like asparagus, actually. They're good, I don't know that they are worth the price stores charge for them.
@@michaelmccarthy4077 when you can only find them once a year...they're worth the price. You just don't buy a huge bag of them lol.
Omg thank you, these grow in my yard and I always wondered what kind they were but I was stumped on google.
Glad to help out! They are fun and easy ferns. 😊
So if we request you dedicated each day of the week to a species plants will you post daily? I dont have Ferns so this is just general studies for me 🤓❤🤓❤🤓❤🤓❤
😂🤣 I struggle to get 3 to 4 videos out a week. I don't think I could up it to 6 videos a week until I master my editing software some more.
Make a vid on cold hardy palms. They should be planted more in zone 7 and 6b.
I agree!
Can they be kept indoors until the last frost for planting outdoors? Another great video! Love your videos! ❤️🌴🌿
Thinking about how many ferns grow naturally, often native to forests where they have a ton of rich dead plant matter and wood chips that they crave. So that to me means they would do well with a good mycorrhizae. So basically, treat them like that!
Exactly!
Can I grow them in containers? I have a new one in a fairly large pot hoping it will do well.
I have European Ostrich Ferns in Rochester, NY that are nearly 6 feet tall and perfectly shaped! I want to put two in pots on either side of my front door (faces north). My porch does get full sun for about three hours 2-5 PM. Can these ferns tolerate 3-4 hours of full sun?
Fiddleheads come from ostrich ferns? I knew fiddleheads were ferns, but not the species. I've heard fiddleheads can only be grown in the northeast and far north in specific marshy areas.
No idea if that's true, I just know fiddleheads are difficult (and expensive but totally worth the $18/lb) to find in stores in Texas. We generally find them between March & June at central market.
I just wish the employees on the phone knew what they are and when shipments are expected - 3 months is a big window to look for oddball items. A phone list to know when extremely seasonal, hard to find foods are arriving soon would be wonderful. (Pardon the rant, we get frustrated looking for fiddleheads and spend way too much time going to central market in the spring looking lol.)
What do they taste like? I'm very curious about that! I think fiddleheads can be taken from various varieties of ferns for cooking.
@@TropicalPlantParty I can't explain the taste. Just "green". Kind of a crunchy texture like raw peas? unless you overcook them to mush.
A lot of people boil them (about 5 min?), drain the (nasty brown looking) water, then put butter, salt & pepper on them. You need to cut off the tails because they're tough like asparagus ends.
They are notorious for quick spoilage like asparagus which is probably another reason for the crazy price. So if you find them in a store, eat them within a day or 2.
I cant say if back yard ones are safe to eat or not. I'd view it like a mushroom popping up in the yard, if you cant say for certain what it is, don't eat it.
Any tips of how to grow the ostrich fern in Florida? Gets very hot here in summer.
I know it is hardiness zone 3-7, but how do you think it would do in 8b? I am in Myrtle Beach South Carolina and there are some at Lowe's for 7 bucks. I have a north facing wall that is much cooler than the normal humid hot weather. It is also very wet on that wall. I took the temps one time and it was 11 degrees cooler than the normal temperature. You think it would do well there?
These are native in my state, Indiana.
I bet they are a sight to see when growing native!
Hi, will they survive indoor setup?
The King is said to be more heat tolerant.
I'm hoping so!
Will they grow in north Florida?
Have you grown tree ferns...I just heard there's a variety that is more cold tollerant.
I have, they hate me! 😂🤣 I'm going to a video on why they are difficult in a few weeks or in the next fern Friday season.
Tropical Plant Party, Oh I hear you I killed a 4' old one! My Grandmother gave me hers when I was 19....I Loved it soooooo. But looking back it was in too dark of a spot in my room...slow decline.....tears.
I'm much better with plants now 40 + years later. Still young at heart. But I've had good luck with banannas, outdoors through winter....little banannas this year and 5 10' pups. Tree fern in my future I hope.
Hey Jeff, I got a question about the share button for the Fern Friday video, the share button will not let the video to share. Just wondering if you have any info on the share? Thanks!
it is working on my end. very odd!
Can you grow these guys in pots?
Always thought Cinnamon Ferns / Ostrich Ferns / Osmunda Ferns were the Same. ?
same charecter with having the fertile fronds that rise up but they are different ferns. Cinnamon fern is an Osmundastrum and the Ostritch is Matteucia. I could be wrong but im pretty sure ostritch fern is the fern in it's genus.
Himalayan sp.?
Haven't grown them but they sound cool!
It's not an "Ostritch" it's spelled "Ostrich".
Cannot believe I did that and missed it and after all these years nobody said anything. Thank you!