Ann Loves Plants

Tag: sword fern

  • Polystichum munitum (Western Sword Fern): an Early Plant Crush

    Polystichum munitum (Western Sword Fern): an Early Plant Crush

    The first plants I loved, were native plants. I say this without some of you knowing, I’ve never lived anywhere except in the Pacific Northwest in the Portland area. I love where I grew up and early on, many of my closest friends were the the ducks and crawdads that lived in the creek that…

  • Wordless Wednesday: Woodland Dreamer in the City

    Himalayan Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum venustum) and Primrose ‘Gold Lace’ (Primula x polyantha ‘Gold Lace’). Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum). Dutchman’s Breeches, (Dicentra cucullaria). Primrose ‘Sunset Shades’, (Primula veris ‘Sunset Shades’). White Inside-Out Flower, (Vancouveria hexandra). And because this is Oregon, we just have ferns pop up randomly…