I have discovered two things in the space of about five minutes today. Firstly, that while Squires stop doing breakfasts at 11.30am, they do damn good bacon paninis all day. Secondly, that they're pretty advanced as far as garden centres go and have a wi-fi connection. So here I am, posting my Friday Fern from Squires in Twickenham, with a Very Large Latte beside me. I'm proving to be something of a novelty to the usual crowd, as I have a new laptop smaller than their pacemakers, it has no wires at all (I love having a decent battery again!), and I'm at least 50 years younger than most of them.
You'll be frustrated to know that today's Fern is another revisiting. Because I saw loads of Dryopteris erythrosora (which I talked about way back in June used effectively as autumn bedding in the US. The photo below is of the sculpture garden at MOMA (which is well worth a visit - don't bother with the Guggenheim, because it's shite and full of people talking about zeitgeist and conceptualisation).
And you might not be able to see it too well, but there are some lovely reds in there. As you might expect, since as well as being called a Buckler fern, D. erythrosora is also known as the autumn fern.
But my fern is particularly verdant. And will stay that way until spring, at which time it will flush with beautiful bronze fronds. My question is, is my fern a freak (entirely possible), or have these ferns been forced in order to get that nice "autumn" colour in the season for which they were named?
You'll be frustrated to know that today's Fern is another revisiting. Because I saw loads of Dryopteris erythrosora (which I talked about way back in June used effectively as autumn bedding in the US. The photo below is of the sculpture garden at MOMA (which is well worth a visit - don't bother with the Guggenheim, because it's shite and full of people talking about zeitgeist and conceptualisation).
And you might not be able to see it too well, but there are some lovely reds in there. As you might expect, since as well as being called a Buckler fern, D. erythrosora is also known as the autumn fern.
But my fern is particularly verdant. And will stay that way until spring, at which time it will flush with beautiful bronze fronds. My question is, is my fern a freak (entirely possible), or have these ferns been forced in order to get that nice "autumn" colour in the season for which they were named?
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