Maidenhair Fern
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Maidenhair fern is an exceptional plant for the woodland garden. Its unique shape makes it a valuable plant. It adds a touch of class to the garden. The are bright green fronds are arranged into a horse shoe patten around the stem. The fronds emerge from the soil in May and are red in color and slowly open to reveal a fern that has great texture and style. read more
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Events
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Saturday, July 24
and Sunday, July 25
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Ganondagan
Native American Dance & Music Festival
Amanda's Garden
will have
a display.
Native Americans use
native plants.
If you would
like to pick plants up please order ahead of time.
Ganondagan State
Historic Site,
1488 State Route 444
Victor, NY
14th Annual Gathering
of Gardeners event
being held on
September 11, 2010 at the Eisenhart Auditorium,
Rochester Museum & Science Center.
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Parking lot sale. Amanda's Garden will be there with plants. Many
early spring bloomers should be planted in the fall.
To register click on the link below:
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County
Agricultural Society Fair & Exposition
Country Village and Museum.
Saturday and Sunday October 2 and 3
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
1410 Flint Hill Road
Mumford, New York 14511
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Invasive alert
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Multiflora Rose
Rosa multiflora
Origially from Asia, it was introduced as a suitable root stock for cultivated roses. People used it as an ornamental shrub,
and it was promoted for planting as a wildlife food and 'living fence' for
cattle in the
United States.
Have you ever been hiking and had a rose bush grab on to you with thorns that were difficult to remove? That was Multiflora rose. It produces thickets too thick for animals or people to get through.
Control is difficult, pieces of root left in the ground will grow new plants, seed are spread by animals. You can control it with persistence.
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Greetings!
Summer, what a great time of year. A lot of our native perennials have already flowered, more will flower later and a few are flowering now. You may be asking what to use for colors and textures now. That's where grasses and ferns come in. You may also be noticing damage from deer, wood chucks and rabbits. We have an idea of what to plant that may help.
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Whats eating you?
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It is very disappointing to plant a wonderful garden then go out several days later and look at your planting expecting to see your plants grow, only to find something has eaten them. There are some plants
that are deer, wood chuck and rabbit "resistant," in other words not preferred food. These
include:
Willow Blue Amsonia, Amsonia
tabernaemontana.
Amsonia has
lance shaped leaves that are attractive all summer and as a bonus turn yellow to
orange in the fall. Steel blue flowers that look like little stars appear in June. Sun to Part shade. Grows 36" tall. This plant will give you June flowers and
excellent fall color. Amsonia is a nectar source for morning cloaks and other
butterflies. It's supposed to be wood chuck, deer and rabbit resistant.
Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis
Stunning bright
red, elongated cluster of tubular flowers. Plant grows in
moist to wet soil. 2 - 4 feet tall. Sun to shade. This plant will attract
hummingbirds and butterflies and give color in summer, usually August into
September. It's deer resistant, so I am confident woodchucks and rabbits won't like
it either.
Bottle Gentian,
Gentian
andrewsii
Brilliant deep violet blue flowers
top this plant in the fall. Usually in September until late October. The color
is striking as other plants are starting to get their fall colors. Bottle
Gentian grows 4" to 18' Deer don't like it. Gentian will add late color to
the garden.
Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
Vibrant pink
flowers crown this 2 - 4 foot plant. Very nice background plant or for the
garden. Plant provides larval food for the monarch butterfly and the nectar
attracts many other butterflies. Blooms in summer. Plant likes
many soil conditions.
Yellow Wood
Poppy, Stylophorum
diphyllum
Brighten up your garden with yellow
wood poppy. Bright golden yellow flowers in the spring and sporadically
throughout the summer. Leavers are dark green and deeply lobed. Shade - part
sun, grows 1 to 1 1/2 feet tall.
Shooting Star,
Dodecatheon meadia
Stalks of white to pale pink flowers shaped like little
rockets. The leaves are a basil rosette. The plant flowers April to mid May and
by the end of June they go dormant, you'd never know they were there. Very
striking flowers. Sun to part shade.
Blue
Cohosh,Caulophyllum
thalictroides
Purplish green
foliage emerges in the
spring followed by greenish brown flowers. Bright blue, berry-like fruit
persist into late summer. Plant may go dormant early in a dry year. Grows 12- 18
inches. Does best in humus rich soil, partial to full shade. Wood chuck
resistant.
Christmas Fern,
Polystichum
acrostichoides
Beautiful evergreen fern. Fronds are
very dark green. This fern tolerates many soil conditions and can be grown in
the shade or fairly open conditions given the right amount of soil moisture.
Fronds can grow to 3 feet in length but they bend over so the plant stands about
1 1/2 to two feet tall. Adds year round interest to the garden.
Woodchuck and rabbits
do not like ferns, so all ferns will work.
Blood Root,
Sanguinaria
canadensis
Pure
white flowers that are open during the day and close at night, grace this lovely
plant. It flowers April to May in this area depending on the
weather. When Bloodroot flowers it is a sign of the arrival of spring. While the
flowers do not last long, the very interesting scalloped shaped leaves last into
late August. Bloodroot gets its name because when the roots are scratched or cut
they appear to bleed.
Rue Anemone,
Anemonella
thalictroides
Beautiful little plant with
columbine like foliage and pure white flowers in May and June. Very delicate
looking woodland wildflower. Perfect for a small spot that needs something
special. Grows 4 - 10 inches tall. Shade to part sun.
Little Merry
Bells, Uvularia
sessilifolia
Light yellow bell-shaped flowers
dance along the stems of this wonderful plant in early to mid spring. Leaves are
bright green. This is an excellent woodland garden plant. Unusual triangular
shaped seed pod. Grows about 1 foot tall. Shade, Moist soil. Little Merry Bell
adds a lot of interest to the garden. Paired with a Red Trillium as it is in the
wild it adds spring color too.
Wild Bleeding
Heart Dicentra
eximia
Wild Bleeding heart blooms from mid
may through the summer. It has finely cut foliage making it look delicate. It is
a woodchuck resistant plant that will add color as well as texture to the
garden.
Green and
Gold,Chrysogonum
virginianum
Yellow five petaled flowers spread
across this wonderful plant. Green and gold flowers in late May and again in the
fall. Green and Gold makes a very attractive ground cover and grows 6 inches tall.
The leaves are oval shaped and neat looking. Average soil. Part sun to shade.
Flowers in spring and again sporadically in the fall.
The following are also generally not browsed:
Turtlehead, both pink and
white
Wild ginger
Wild Columbine
Monarda, Red and Wild Begamont is a hummingbird
favorite.
Asters
Wild geranium
Native plants have developed over time with the herbivores that feed on them. The plants listed above are ones that are generally not browsed. Please let me know if you have had different experiences. Deer love to eat Trillium, Lilies and Phlox. They have been known to browse False Solomon's Seal, Coneflower, Rudbeckias and I have seen them eat Joe Pye Weed down to one foot tall but the plant still flowered. If you really want a plant you know they like there are sprays, such as deer away, that taste bad. You can use these to discourage them.
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Ferns
| Maidenhair Fern  | Amanda's Garden grows ferns from spores. It is a long process but it makes for plants with a diverse gene pool and heavier root systems.
We have found that plants from division don't always grow the way they should. When you purchase a fern grown from spores in pots the root systems are intact. You have a better success rate with ferns grown from spores.
Some ferns such as Netted Chain Fern, Woodwardia areolata, rock polypody,
Polypodium
virginianum, and Sensative fern,Onoclea
sensibilis are shallow rooted. They are good candidates for division. Still we prefer to grow them from spores.
Ferns such as Maidenhair, Adiantum pedatum, Christmas fern, Polystichum acrostichoides and Lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina are heavier rooted and establish much better when pot grown from spores.
Ferns are great plants to tuck in with your spring ephemerals (spring flowering plants) for color and texture throughout the year.
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The fall catalog will be ready soon. Order early to avoid disappointment. Fall is the best time to plant early flowering plants such as Hepatica, Blootroot, Toothwort, Spring Beauty and Trillium. Call us at 585-750-6288 or email amandasgarden@frontiernet.net .
Sincerely,
Ellen Folts, Owner
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