And another non-new fern this week. Although I don't think I've actually done Sideshow Bob for Friday Fern, I have mentioned him in the past. Sideshow Bob is my Nephrolepis exaltata, the Boston fern (shown when he was about half his current size, in between Bastard the Cycad and a maidenhair fern):
Now, I've often wondered why it's called a Boston fern, and while it's probably not the real reason, I did begin to wonder when I saw hanging baskets full of Boston ferns all over the city of Boston itself!
I didn't think Nephrolepis exaltata were particularly hardy, so I'm assuming these chaps get taken in once the frosts start coming thick and fast (although they'd be protected from some of the frosts by virtue of being seven feet above ground).
Now, I've often wondered why it's called a Boston fern, and while it's probably not the real reason, I did begin to wonder when I saw hanging baskets full of Boston ferns all over the city of Boston itself!
I didn't think Nephrolepis exaltata were particularly hardy, so I'm assuming these chaps get taken in once the frosts start coming thick and fast (although they'd be protected from some of the frosts by virtue of being seven feet above ground).
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