Content
- The Fern in the Garden: What's important?
- Which ferns are suitable for gardening?
- The answer to the location question: bright, but not sunny
- Prepare the soil before planting
- Care procedures: Pour, cut and protect in winter
- Tips & Tricks
Fern should be as shady as possible in the garden
The Fern in the Garden: What's important?
So far, ferns in the garden still lead a shadowy existence - and literally. But since they like to grow where other plants are struggling, they are extremely valuable. In addition, they require little care.
Which ferns are suitable for gardening?
For the design of a garden especially those species are suitable, which are deciduous to wintergreen. The evergreen specimens require much more care in our latitudes and need year-round high ambient temperatures.
The following fern species are significant for gardens:
The answer to the location question: bright, but not sunny
Most of the ferns are poor at a location where the sun's rays are direct and merciless. Therefore, choose a shaded or partially shaded location. Optically pas and optimal lighting conditions are places under coniferous trees such as pine, spruce and larch.
Prepare the soil before planting
It is particularly important to properly loosen the planting hole before inserting the fern into the soil. At best, do the planting in the spring rather than in the fall. After loosening the soil, enrich it with humus or compost.
Ferns with a creeping rhizome are set flat in the ground. Horst-like ferns, on the other hand, are set lower. After covering with nutritious and slightly acid soil, the fern is generously poured.
Care procedures: Pour, cut and protect in winter
The following procedures are recommended:
Tips & Tricks
Ferns are wonderful in the garden next to early flowering plants such as crocuses, daffodils, snowdrops and winterlings. In addition to small shrubs that bloom in the summer, the fern fronds are an excellent green background.