Thank you for all your work editing this. I must admit I sped through my bits. I hate looking at photos of myself, never mind videos! I love the Dinosaur picture, not so sure about the “expert” bit. Thanks again.
Meeting people that are so passionate about their subject matter and in this case ferns his knowledge is wonderful . What a great video and friend Janette. Thank you .
Thank you so much, Mark , for sharing your immense knowledge of ferns! Your collection is awesome. I learned so much and will look to add a fern or two to my small woodland strip.
What an interesting video Janette! I do like ferns but only the usual typical shape. Mark is a very informative expert and I enjoyed listening to him. Thank you both 🏴😊
Thank you. I assume the Welsh flag means you are in Wales. If so you are very lucky. All the native British Ferns can be found in Wales. The book Welsh Ferns is well worth reading, I have 4 or 5 editions. Your climate is also perfect for growing ferns. Both native and many exotic species and cultivars.
Hello Janette and Mark .That was very interesting all the different species of ferns. I love ferns .I have three tree ferns in my back yard, I have had them for many years they do need a lot of water more so in our hot weather here in Australia' One tree fern near the rock retaining wall has produced one growing in the wall; I have left it there as I did not ant to disturb it I hope it does not grow to large Thank you for all the information
Hello Janette Mark really is a master of fern knowledge. We all know who to contact if needs be. Hope you are enjoying your week.Still coolish. Must go...the garden is calling me. Wishing you happy and healthy days☕❤💞
I love the reason Mark became interested in ferns. When I was teaching, many of my students were interested in dinosaurs. Clearly I didn't have access to live dinosaurs but, we had a cycad growing on campus. When we walked by it, I'd let my students know that cycads were Dino food. Btw, the dinosaur picture you used is wonderful!
Once again, thank you so much Mark for sharing your fantastic fern collection. ❤ As you know, I am far from a fern expert (just a fern lover!) so I’m not going to able to answer any questions or comments, but hopefully Mark will jump in this comment section and answer on my behalf .. or as he says in the video, you can email him direct at markborder@icloud.com So I’ll be reading your comments with interest, and just leaving you a ❤ Thanks for watching everyone and I’ll see you again next Monday. Have a wonderful weekend ❤
Hello Mark Nice to see you at last. Janette was so pleased that you found her channel and gifted your ferns. My question is How do you collect the spores of ferns please?
My method is to take off a few pinnae (the individual “leaf” segments) containing the ripe spores (best when you see a few have already shed) and pop them into a small envelope (I use wages envelopes) and leave them for a week or so to drop. A method many people use is to take the whole frond, or part of it and lay it on a sheet of white paper, folded over and left for a few days. If you get the timing right you can get the outline of the whole frond in dropped spores. I hope this helps. BTW, different genera ripen at different times so you need to check from mid summer (Dryopteris) through to mid winter (Polypodium cambricum).
@@77sun222 You would need very fine tweezers and exceptional eyesight. Spores are dust-like. You need a microscope or powerful hand lens to see an individual spore.
Hi Janette, very interesting video. It is amazing to think think that some plants have not changed much for millions of years. Mark really knows his stuff, so we can forgive him for not filming in landscape. 😊😊😊
Hi Janette, a bit late on this one. Thank you to you and Mark. What an interesting and lovely man Mark is. I do think gardeners tend to be lovely people. So many ferns and how does he remember the botanical names of them all. Made me want to run out into the garden to photograph my few ferns so I could look up what they are on the App. I did find an Anthyrium Felix Femina so that was exciting. See you soon. Love Bron xx
I've wanted to grow a variety of ferns but they always died on me..... Except the one growing wild out of the wall!! Anyhow, after seeing yours I tried again, put them in chimney pors in deep shade and so far so good!!! Thanks yet again!
Do you know what species you have? Not many like really deep shade, although our native Harts Tongue fern will grow deep in caves with very little light.
Wow! I can’t believe you have such a strong interest in these plants! Since I saw you did a video on ferns I think you should get another complimentary trachycarpus fortunei, and maybe into adulthood you can have edible berries from them!
This was wonderful. Thanks Jeanette for putting it all together. Mark thank you for taking the time to tell us about your lovely collection. I tried to grow the bunny foot fern, didn't work out. Just planted a Japanese painted fern, I have have higher hopes for it, as I believe I can plant it outdoors soon. Houseplants and I just don't seem to get along.
The Japanese Painted fern (Athyrium nipponicum pictum) is a great fern and is fine outside in a damp spot. It also clumps up well. There are several hybrids from it and a couple of crested cultivars. The other one (Davallia sp.) likes a well drained spot but humidity as well. I suspect the room was too dry.
Take a look at the genus Cheilanthes. I didn’t show any because they are in my front garden in full sun. They are mainly North American and grow on mountains and in semi-desert conditions. The best one I ever grew was in my Cactus house in my previous garden. It came up as a weed in a pot of Echinocerus. Although not widely seen one species: Cheilanthes lanosa does turn up in garden centres quite often. It’s a smallish fern with blue/green fronds and wants very good drainage and lots of sun.
Thank you so much to Mark and Jeanette ,this is fascinating . I honestly feel this is the most informative and interesting gardening video i have seen amongst the plethora of gardening shows i have found on youtube . Question for Mark and i would like to forward a photo to you via your email . I own two huge Boston ferns ( i don’t know the proper name ) and i mean huge ! i have grown them since they were tiny .How often should i repot and simple question during the summer months i do place them outside ,should this be partial shade ? plus which feed ? Hope that isn’t too many questions Mark .I live in Canada by the way . Many thanks to both of you .
What a treat! Thank you Janette and Mark. I like ferns too. I have a rabbit’s foot and maiden’s hair ferns as house plants (babies right now) and outdoors I have 3 ghost ferns and a couple of native/wild ferns which I don’t know the names of (sorry I only know common names). Is it ok to move/transplant the native fern and what time of year is best? I live in north eastern US.
Hi Mark I found your video very interesting. At the second stage of growing on (kidney shape) the spores look like the growth of something that forms on the top of plants from the garden centre when they’ve been hanging around for a while. Is that growth a fern spore or a weed that just looks very similar..?. Just wondering. Thanks
Those growths are usually liverworts. They like the same conditions and often come up in pots of fern sporelings. We try to remove them because they can easily smother the baby ferns. As you say, they are very similar anti takes a bit of practice to tell them apart when very small.
A few creatures eat ferns, but they are not really a main food source for many apart from fern weevil that has escaped into Britain (it’s a New Zealand native) and is particularly destructive of Polypodies. It’s like a miniature version of the dreaded vine weevil. The good thing is the faults cannot fly, the bad things are that the grubs live inside the fern and most if the effective chemical treatments are no longer available. The only treatments are chemical or digging up and burning the whole plant. The dying fronds of ferns rot down well to enrich the soil around them, of course. Ferns have been used by us for many things. Horsetails (Dutch rush) for cleaning pans, Bracken as a bed for selling fresh fish and several species are eaten. Spores as pollen. Not really. Fern (and moss, liverwort etc) reproduction is quite different from flowering plants. Ferns have what is called “alternation of generations”. The stage we recognise as a fern is sexless. It produces the spores which (in most cases) have half the chromosome number of the adult fern. These spores grow into prothali (see in my bags) and on these the sex cells develop. The female in the notch of the kidney shaped prothallus, the males on the “wings”. Once the female cell is fertilised the full complement of chromosomes is achieved and a new ”fern” starts growing. Although you might not believe it, the above is the simplified version, there are variations and complications that would need its own video. I hope this helps.
Hello Mark, many thanks for the fascinating tour of your greenhouse, I honestly never realised the variety of species until now. My question is I have several cyrtomium fortunei growing in a shady trough by my house. I've had them for about 5 years and cut them back around the end of February when they quickly put out new growth. However this year only one of the 6 has started to put out fronds. I can't see any new fronds whatsoever in the rest. Do you think it's the unseasonably cold weather, or could they have simply died? Many thanks to you and Janette for a lovely video. Julie❤
First rule with ferns. Don’t give up on a “dead” one for, at least, 3 years. Most ferns develop several years worth of fronds in the crown, so while this years might have died, even next years, the year’s after could still be alive. This winter has been very wet and Cyrtomiums thrive in slightly drier conditions than many ferns, so that, plus the cold could be the reason. But don’t give up hope.
Wow! Thank you both, that was awesome. I pay a more attention to ferns now, since you gave Janette all those specimens Mark. And recently planted a stumpery from part of a tree felled in my garden. I used ferns to plant by the logs and they are filling out nicely. 👏🪴🪴
Great to hear. I built a stumpery near the greenhouse during the Covid lockdown, using mainly the stumps of Rhododendrons (ponticum, the invasive wild one) I had to dig out to make space, plus some others that I had removed earlier. It’s coming on well and I’m very pleased with it.
Thank you for all your work editing this. I must admit I sped through my bits. I hate looking at photos of myself, never mind videos!
I love the Dinosaur picture, not so sure about the “expert” bit.
Thanks again.
Thank you!! And you are definitely an expert in my (and I’m sure many others) opinion ❤
I'm always full of admiration for people like Mark who are passionate about one group of plants. Their knowledge is amazing. Thanks Janette and Mark.
Meeting people that are so passionate about their subject matter and in this case ferns his knowledge is wonderful . What a great video and friend Janette. Thank you .
Thank you Mark for sharing your lovely ferns with us 🌿🌿
Mark, what an incredible amount of knowledge you have! I can barely remember my own name sometimes but you....!! Such a good watch. Thank you
Awesome Mark, so much knowledge, thank you, Janette ✨xx
Very informative Mark. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Hello my friend. Very interesting to learn about the ferns .
Thank you Mark, you are awsome. I really enjoyed you and your wonderful ferns. It's trying to be spring here in Michigan.
It's easy to see why people become obsessed with Ferns, they are just a joy 😊
Thanks Janette and Mark didn’t realise there were so many
Thank you Matk and Janette!
Love how beutifull your ferns are ..I have bought two ferns for my garden last year and I love them ..thankyou Mark xx
Thank you so much, Mark , for sharing your immense knowledge of ferns! Your collection is awesome. I learned so much and will look to add a fern or two to my small woodland strip.
What an interesting video Janette! I do like ferns but only the usual typical shape. Mark is a very informative expert and I enjoyed listening to him. Thank you both 🏴😊
Thank you.
I assume the Welsh flag means you are in Wales. If so you are very lucky. All the native British Ferns can be found in Wales. The book Welsh Ferns is well worth reading, I have 4 or 5 editions.
Your climate is also perfect for growing ferns. Both native and many exotic species and cultivars.
Hello Janette and Mark .That was very interesting all the different species of ferns. I love ferns .I have three tree ferns in my back yard, I have had them for many years they do need a lot of water more so in our hot weather here in Australia' One tree fern near the rock retaining wall has produced one growing in the wall; I have left it there as I did not ant to disturb it I hope it does not grow to large Thank you for all the information
Hello Janette
Mark really is a master of fern knowledge. We all know who to contact if needs be.
Hope you are enjoying your week.Still coolish. Must go...the garden is calling me. Wishing you happy and healthy days☕❤💞
Fascinating ferns!! 🪴
So many amazing facts! I can see how you can become hooked on them!
Many thanks, Mark and Janette,
I love ferns!!! Your ferns are amazing!
I love the reason Mark became interested in ferns. When I was teaching, many of my students were interested in dinosaurs. Clearly I didn't have access to live dinosaurs but, we had a cycad growing on campus. When we walked by it, I'd let my students know that cycads were Dino food. Btw, the dinosaur picture you used is wonderful!
Thank you for sharing your collection- love ferns😎
Once again, thank you so much Mark for sharing your fantastic fern collection. ❤
As you know, I am far from a fern expert (just a fern lover!) so I’m not going to able to answer any questions or comments, but hopefully Mark will jump in this comment section and answer on my behalf .. or as he says in the video, you can email him direct at markborder@icloud.com
So I’ll be reading your comments with interest, and just leaving you a ❤
Thanks for watching everyone and I’ll see you again next Monday. Have a wonderful weekend ❤
Thank you for sharing this with us Janette. x
Hello Mark
Nice to see you at last. Janette was so pleased that you found her channel and gifted your ferns.
My question is
How do you collect the spores of ferns please?
My method is to take off a few pinnae (the individual “leaf” segments) containing the ripe spores (best when you see a few have already shed) and pop them into a small envelope (I use wages envelopes) and leave them for a week or so to drop.
A method many people use is to take the whole frond, or part of it and lay it on a sheet of white paper, folded over and left for a few days. If you get the timing right you can get the outline of the whole frond in dropped spores.
I hope this helps. BTW, different genera ripen at different times so you need to check from mid summer (Dryopteris) through to mid winter (Polypodium cambricum).
@@markborder906 Thank you for replying. I thought maybe you used tweezers🌟
@@77sun222
You would need very fine tweezers and exceptional eyesight. Spores are dust-like. You need a microscope or powerful hand lens to see an individual spore.
Hi Janette, very interesting video. It is amazing to think think that some plants have not changed much for millions of years. Mark really knows his stuff, so we can forgive him for not filming in landscape. 😊😊😊
I don’t do video, so it didn’t even occur to me.
I will try to remember if I ever do another one.
@markborder906 my fault entirely, I should have said!! 😊
@@TheEnthusiasticGardener
Not at all, I’ve watched enough to have realised, it just didn’t occur to me.
It was still great to have all the information 😊
Hi Janette, a bit late on this one. Thank you to you and Mark. What an interesting and lovely man Mark is. I do think gardeners tend to be lovely people. So many ferns and how does he remember the botanical names of them all. Made me want to run out into the garden to photograph my few ferns so I could look up what they are on the App. I did find an Anthyrium Felix Femina so that was exciting. See you soon. Love Bron xx
I've wanted to grow a variety of ferns but they always died on me..... Except the one growing wild out of the wall!! Anyhow, after seeing yours I tried again, put them in chimney pors in deep shade and so far so good!!! Thanks yet again!
Do you know what species you have? Not many like really deep shade, although our native Harts Tongue fern will grow deep in caves with very little light.
Wow! I can’t believe you have such a strong interest in these plants! Since I saw you did a video on ferns I think you should get another complimentary trachycarpus fortunei, and maybe into adulthood you can have edible berries from them!
This was wonderful. Thanks Jeanette for putting it all together. Mark thank you for taking the time to tell us about your lovely collection. I tried to grow the bunny foot fern, didn't work out. Just planted a Japanese painted fern, I have have higher hopes for it, as I believe I can plant it outdoors soon. Houseplants and I just don't seem to get along.
The Japanese Painted fern (Athyrium nipponicum pictum) is a great fern and is fine outside in a damp spot. It also clumps up well. There are several hybrids from it and a couple of crested cultivars.
The other one (Davallia sp.) likes a well drained spot but humidity as well. I suspect the room was too dry.
@@markborder906
Thank you, I’ll try the bunny foot again, I’m thinking the problem was me, as I did have it in the bathroom.
Wonderful video 🪴💞🪴
What an amazing selection of ferns! I have some but I find the names impossible to remember!
Very interesting video. Thank you both very much for sharing ❤
Very interesting! Sadly, there's nowhere shady enough for me to grow ferns in my garden, but I hope to find a place for some pots in the future.
Take a look at the genus Cheilanthes. I didn’t show any because they are in my front garden in full sun. They are mainly North American and grow on mountains and in semi-desert conditions. The best one I ever grew was in my Cactus house in my previous garden. It came up as a weed in a pot of Echinocerus.
Although not widely seen one species: Cheilanthes lanosa does turn up in garden centres quite often. It’s a smallish fern with blue/green fronds and wants very good drainage and lots of sun.
Thank you so much to Mark and Jeanette ,this is fascinating . I honestly feel this is the most informative and interesting gardening video i have seen amongst the plethora of gardening shows i have found on youtube .
Question for Mark and i would like to forward a photo to you via your email .
I own two huge Boston ferns ( i don’t know the proper name ) and i mean huge !
i have grown them since they were tiny .How often should i repot and simple question during the summer months i do place them outside ,should this be partial shade ? plus which feed ? Hope that isn’t too many questions Mark .I live in Canada by the way .
Many thanks to both of you .
enjoyed the video, thank you both for sharing.
What a treat! Thank you Janette and Mark. I like ferns too. I have a rabbit’s foot and maiden’s hair ferns as house plants (babies right now) and outdoors I have 3 ghost ferns and a couple of native/wild ferns which I don’t know the names of (sorry I only know common names). Is it ok to move/transplant the native fern and what time of year is best? I live in north eastern US.
Hi Mark I found your video very interesting. At the second stage of growing on (kidney shape) the spores look like the growth of something that forms on the top of plants from the garden centre when they’ve been hanging around for a while. Is that growth a fern spore or a weed that just looks very similar..?. Just wondering. Thanks
Those growths are usually liverworts. They like the same conditions and often come up in pots of fern sporelings. We try to remove them because they can easily smother the baby ferns.
As you say, they are very similar anti takes a bit of practice to tell them apart when very small.
Hi Mark
Are ferns helpful to the environment and do the spores count as pollen please?
A few creatures eat ferns, but they are not really a main food source for many apart from fern weevil that has escaped into Britain (it’s a New Zealand native) and is particularly destructive of Polypodies. It’s like a miniature version of the dreaded vine weevil. The good thing is the faults cannot fly, the bad things are that the grubs live inside the fern and most if the effective chemical treatments are no longer available. The only treatments are chemical or digging up and burning the whole plant.
The dying fronds of ferns rot down well to enrich the soil around them, of course. Ferns have been used by us for many things. Horsetails (Dutch rush) for cleaning pans, Bracken as a bed for selling fresh fish and several species are eaten.
Spores as pollen. Not really. Fern (and moss, liverwort etc) reproduction is quite different from flowering plants.
Ferns have what is called “alternation of generations”. The stage we recognise as a fern is sexless. It produces the spores which (in most cases) have half the chromosome number of the adult fern. These spores grow into prothali (see in my bags) and on these the sex cells develop. The female in the notch of the kidney shaped prothallus, the males on the “wings”. Once the female cell is fertilised the full complement of chromosomes is achieved and a new ”fern” starts growing.
Although you might not believe it, the above is the simplified version, there are variations and complications that would need its own video.
I hope this helps.
The tips of my button fern is turning brown, what do I do?
@markborder906 do you have any advice for @missleachad3 please? 😊
Hello Mark, many thanks for the fascinating tour of your greenhouse, I honestly never realised the variety of species until now. My question is I have several cyrtomium fortunei growing in a shady trough by my house. I've had them for about 5 years and cut them back around the end of February when they quickly put out new growth. However this year only one of the 6 has started to put out fronds. I can't see any new fronds whatsoever in the rest. Do you think it's the unseasonably cold weather, or could they have simply died? Many thanks to you and Janette for a lovely video. Julie❤
First rule with ferns. Don’t give up on a “dead” one for, at least, 3 years. Most ferns develop several years worth of fronds in the crown, so while this years might have died, even next years, the year’s after could still be alive.
This winter has been very wet and Cyrtomiums thrive in slightly drier conditions than many ferns, so that, plus the cold could be the reason.
But don’t give up hope.
Wow! Thank you both, that was awesome. I pay a more attention to ferns now, since you gave Janette all those specimens Mark. And recently planted a stumpery from part of a tree felled in my garden. I used ferns to plant by the logs and they are filling out nicely. 👏🪴🪴
Great to hear.
I built a stumpery near the greenhouse during the Covid lockdown, using mainly the stumps of Rhododendrons (ponticum, the invasive wild one) I had to dig out to make space, plus some others that I had removed earlier. It’s coming on well and I’m very pleased with it.