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Word of the Week: Crosier
When the frond (leaf) of a fern emerges from its underground rhizome, its head is coiled (circinate). Its appearance has been likened to a crosier (a bishop’s curved staff) or the scroll on the head of some stringed instruments, hence the commonly used term fiddlehead… Continue reading
Posted in Illustrated Glossary, Word of the Week, WoW
Tagged Adiantum pedatum, crosier, crozier, Dryopteris marginalis, fiddlehead, frond, Glossary, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Onoclea sensibilis, Osmunda cinnamomea, Osmunda claytoniana, Osmunda spectabilis, Word of the Week
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The Shade Garden Showcases Ferns
by Dina Lehmann-Kim, Master Gardener While the Shade Garden at Bon Air Park is host to a wide variety of plants, the stars this month are the ferns. Ferns thrive in shade and come in a range of sizes, hues, … Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Shade Garden, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged Adiantum pedatum, Athyrium niponiscum ‘Pictum’, Christmas fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, ferns, hay-scented fern, interrupted fern, Japanese painted fern, maidenhair fern, Master Gardener Demonstration Shade Garden, Osmunda claytoniana, Polystichum acrostichoides, royal fern (Osmunda regalis)
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