Rock ferns

[Hoy]

Botrychium lunaria is very common here. But here is another, Botrychium boreale. I've only seen few of this this year and no B. lanceolatum. I don't grow them but they occur naturally in the meadow.

[Hoy]

And some other ferns: Woodsia ilvensis, Asplenium viride, Polystichum lonchitis and an unknown (any suggestions?):

[christian pfalz]

hi hoy,
the last one looks like an asplenium....
cheers
chris

[Hoy]

Thanks for your suggestion, Christian. However the botanists say it is a form of Cystopteris fragilis.

[christian pfalz]

hi hoy,
or Cystopteris fragilis it is not so easy to ident per photo...
sorry
cheers
chris

[Hoy]

hi hoy,
or Cystopteris fragilis it is not so easy to ident per photo...
sorry
cheers
chris

I know! It isn't always easy in situ either! I thought I knew that fern!

[Tim Ingram]

A beautiful little fern for the shady rock garden - Adiantum aleuticum 'Subpumilum'. This is growing at the base and north side of a sleeper bed. It came from Rachel Lever's superb range of ferns grown at Aberconwy.

[Hoy]

Tim, that's an eye-catcher, at least for me!

[Ed Alverson]

A beautiful little fern for the shady rock garden - Adiantum aleuticum 'Subpumilum'.

This fern can now "legally" be called Adiantum aleuticum var. subpumilum (originally it was described as a variety of Adiantum pedatum), since this form occurs as a series of natural populations on the outer coast of Vancouver Island. See: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1640/0002-8444-100.4.230

[Maggi Young]

Thanks for that note, Ed.

Folks, I hope that  members have received their latest Journal by now (or soon will do!)  and are enjoying Ed Alverson's article there : "Camassias, a North American Treasure"?

[Hoy]

Oh yes, of course

[Ed Alverson]

Folks, I hope that  members have received their latest Journal by now

I also enjoyed the description of the upcoming discussion weekend in Lallands Scots on p. 2 this issue - a good reminder that we are part of a community that speaks many languages! I was surprised that I could follow it ok, since I find Middle English hard to understand, though it might be more challenging if I was hearing Scots spoken. Though I am wondering what "ondeemous fechan tert" means...

Ed

[Maggi Young]

I am no expert in Lallans, Ed, but I think I have the nub of this phrase for you :  the "ondeemous fechan tert" is a truly enormous  baked concoction... the local delicacy from the south east  of Scotland known as an Ecclefechan tart  ( Ecclefechan being a place) - shortened to 'fechan tert'-  it is quite delicious!


 An afterthought:  Middle English is a dead language, Ed, while Lallans is still spoken... perhaps that makes the difference in your understanding 

[annew]

Our local garden centre has Ecclefechan Tart as a regular in their tea shop. It looks like a heart attack in a pastry case. But delicious...

[ranunculus]

It looks like a heart attack in a pastry case.

That sounds like a perfect description for the Bookeroo, Anne!  LOL.  (Although Mr Nicholson would obviously prefer 'nut' to 'pastry').