More shade container combinations.

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I love how this container has come together. The Impatiens are fairly boring, I'll admit, but I mostly just added them (two cell packs) for a bit more colour and they've filled in very nicely. It was also my first time using 'Diamond Frost' Euphorbia which has also impressed me. For perennials I used Heuchera 'Cinnabar Silver', Carex 'Evergold', Athyrium otophorum ‘Okanum’ (I should have used a larger plant, it's grown in well but hasn't been able to keep up with the Impatiens so it's sort of lost in the whole thing), and a Toadlily (barely pictured here) to replace an Astilbe that had finished flowering. I think there's some Ivy in there somewhere too.

More new plants - Part 1

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This batch of plants were rescued on their way to the compacter. Basically just plants that had been in for months not selling, taking up much needed space needed for newer, nicer looking plants and generally needing more care &/or time to get them back up to prime condition. Very little actually got thrown out, most plants were adopted. Here's what I got:



Asplenium sp. - Needs some fertilizer and a small trim of some of the oldest leaves but otherwise in good shape, nice and healthy. I've had good luck with my other two Asplenium species so I imagine this should be happy for me as well.


Chlorophytum x 'Fire Flash' - This plant is actually in excellent condition. I trimmed off some developing seed pods and gave it a quick shower but more cleaning is needed to make it into an overall attractive plant again. Absolutely love the colour on the petioles.


Aechmea fasciata - Healthy plant though it is well past flowering. Three large vigorous pups tell me this should be no problem though.


Sansevieria trifasciata

This one only came to me in a roundabout way. It had been written off but they were in prime condition and basically the only reason they weren't selling was that they were $80 a pop (!). Sure they were a good full 8" sized pot, in attractive ceramic containers growing in passive hydroponics but I can't see anyone spending that much for them. Instead they were divided, repotted and planted up and priced to sell, I presume the ceramic containers will be priced separately as well and at the end of the day we'll get our money for them - I was given a division of this one which is basically my favourite Sansevieria trifasciata cultivar I've seen.

Anyone have any idea on which cultivar it actually is? It's a very light coloured almost silver/gray with darker banding. Exact colours vary from branch to branch as you can see in the picture but it is a very striking unique looking snake plant.

Adiantum pedatum & Matteuccia struthiopteris

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Two of my ferns are Ontario Natives and both are pretty well at their peak right now.



Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair Fern)


Adiantum pedatum


Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern)

Both are easy to grow and really brighten up a shady area of the garden with their bright green colour. The Adiantum pedatum especially provides fantastic texture and movement as well.

Ostrich Fern Fertile Frond

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Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern) Fertile Frond

Unlike the infertile fronds these ferns produce in the spring the fertile fronds remain standing through the winter.

Random Picture: Elkhorn Fern

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I would be lying if I told you this wasn't my favourite plant at the Toronto Zoo.



Platycerium bifurcatum (Elkhorn Fern), picture taken Sept. 7, 2009

Won't be able to grow one of these basically ever unless I get a greenhouse someday (which is unlikely). So I'll just have to keep visiting this one at the Toronto Zoo.