How can you tell if a Fern is male or female?
Ferns are ideal for planting around ponds and in water gardens. Ferns like damp ground, and are ideal for providing cover for pond wildlife such as frogs and toads.
A female fern is another name for Lady Fern. Both "male" and "female" ferns are named due to the way the sori are hidden on the undersides of their fronds. A Male Fern is another type of fern which you can identify by its deeply divided leaves that come out from the stem in opposite pairs.
"Lady fern" and "female fern" refer to how its reproductive structures (sori) are concealed in an inconspicuous "female" manner on the frond, and how elegant and graceful it appears.
Where do you plant moisture loving pond plants?
Moisture loving pond plants, such as the Female and Male Ferns, are suited for planting in damp areas at the side of your garden pond alongside pond plants that can tolerate drier conditions. Broad-leaved moisture loving pond plants are ideal for providing a moist area with cover for frogs, toads and other pond wildlife.
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Lynette Britton
I have a group on Facebook called cats and dogs and even frogs. I would like to do a raffle and do 3 hampers for each of the above and the money go to pdsa but I dont no what to put in the hamper for frogs. Can anyone help what I would put init that wouldnt 2 expensive please