Lovely fern

[Brian Ellis]

Could one of you expert fernatics tell me what this one is please?  It was growing at the base of a wall in East Ruston Old Vicarage, I managed to bump into Alan Gray, but he couldn't remember offhand and the label had been appropriated!  I thought it was lovely as the downward pointing leaflets (?) gave it such a wonderful texture.

[annew]

Polystichum setiferum "Plumosomultilobum'. I thought it was mine, just expanding in an almost identical position!

[Tim Ingram]

Isn't it lovely Brian. After your post I had a look at 'Polystichum Cultivars' by J. W. Dyce (from BPS) and saw all sorts of wonderful variants of setiferum, but this one must be one of the most attractive.

[Brian Ellis]

Thanks Anne, yes Tim it is beautiful, I will look out for one!