Midnight Fern

I had to convert my images off my Iphone to a JPG before I could upload it here

Thanks. Yes, it should be a shiny black and was that color at the last house. But it was in a prepared bed at the other house. I need to dig it up, make a real bed for it and see it that helps the color. I can't bring the old photo up on myLot anymore. I was trying to show you what that same fern looked like at the other house but can't, for some reason. It isn't too big so I don't know what the problem is.

I love plants and take great pleasure in growing them. Thanks.

@DaddyEvil ......You are so welcome. I hope you can get some drainage going on.

@celticeagle I hope so, too.

I think I need to make it a bed instead of just sticking it in a hole I dug into the ground. Missouri has clay just under the surface of the soil so it doesn't drain well and clay isn't good for growing anyway. I'll look into the Epsom Salt and see if that would help. Thank you for the suggestion.

@DaddyEvil The circled fern in the photo has come up on its own and here we do nothing - they just grow well

That's possible but I think it's more likely that the pH of the soil it's planted in right now isn't right for it to reach it's true color. After our car comes back from the garage, we'll be able to go buy some soil amendments and I'll make a new bed for it and we'll see it that fixes it. I haven't found any other fern plants that were already here since we moved. That would be nice if we had some, though. I admit I'm a little jealous that you have some naturally growing in your garden.

Purple is okay but I really loved the way it turned black. We didn't have time to prepare a bed for it when we moved here and other things took precedent... But I have time now and would like to get it healthy and black again now. Thanks. I love my plants and really try to make them "feel at home" if you understand what I'm saying.

@sallypup A good gardener is always a great find! I learned a lot from my first wife. We planted all kinds of flowerbeds at our first house and then bought a house that was being built and put even more flowerbeds around it. We spent weeks planning each bed we put in and a ton of money amending the clay soil in our yards to keep our plantings happy and healthy.

@DaddyEvil Oh yeah. I am lucky I found a gardener helper who understands way more than just messing with grass. She is worth every bit of her pay.

Thank you. Yeah, it would need special protection to keep it alive there.

@Mshafeeq I understand and agree, having a beautiful yard makes me feel calm and happy, too.

@DaddyEvil I like planting different types of plants gardening you know having beautiful lawn it feels me calm and happy.

@DaddyEvil Its not so simple, no ssubsidies and land is dry here. No subsidies if you tried. I could be a farmer. How much land you own half a acre. Is there a Garage yes, start a garden

@crossbones27 Yeah, I know there's a big difference between my yard and yours... I have two acres here and it can grow stuff I bring in from other places without amending the soil. Your desert land might not let plants from here grow without a lot of work first and then keep watering every day.

Thank you. I was very happy when my friend offered it to me.

I just wish I could show the picture of the same fern at the last house we lived in. It was a shiny black there.

Thank you. I like it better as a shiny black color but the purple is pretty, too.

True, it might. Making a good bed for it might help it, too. We'll see. At least we should have the money to buy the new bedding materials this year.

@DaddyEvil that is great!

Thank you. Midnight fern is what my friend called it. I can't find it listed under that name, though. I'm not sure what it really is.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks! We had ostrich ferns along one side of the last house. They were already there when we moved in about a hundred years ago. They were always beautiful.

@DaddyEvil Sounds like we both like planting something It's lucky you have a land to plant yours, I can only plant them indoor with lights for them.

@youless Yes, I have land to plant them on but the neighbor kids won't leave my plants alone so I can only plant them in the front yard. The kids can be seen bothering my plants there and they get in trouble.

I don't have room to bring it indoors. I already have too many plants in the house. I have several taro plants growing in pots indoors as well as several other plants.

Thank you. I just want it to be black again like it was at our last house.

Thanks. I'd love to show everyone what it looked like growing at our last house but can't seem to bring that photo up on myLot.

@Shivram59 I hope you can find it. I think it's really pretty, especially when the leaves turn black.

@DaddyEvil If it is found in temperature regions of Asia; then it must be available in our country also. I'll look for it.

@DaddyEvil Of course; it looks wonderful.

Thanks. It is healthy... It's just missing something from the soil that it needs to turn the black color it's supposed to be.

@Dreamerby Yes, a shiny black.

@DaddyEvil Ohh its supposed to be black?