Thread: Ferns as Weeds
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Old 10-05-2009, 12:02 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Des Higgins Des Higgins is offline
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Default Ferns as Weeds

On May 9, 11:46*pm, Torbjörn Svensson Diaz wrote:
Hullo!

Would ferns count as weeds? Do they prolifirate aggressively? If I
plant a lot of ferns in a garden will my neighbours be mad at me? Will
the ferns spread to my neighbours? I like fern-coated trees but if
they destroy neighbours' gardens I don't like them so much anymore.

Are there different kinds of ferns, some of which are suitable for
gardening and some of which are not?

Best,

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Torbjörn Svensson Diaz


The only agressively invasive fern I know of in these here parts is
Bracken (also my mothers maiden name)/pteridium aquilinum. Most of
the rest grow so slowly here that it takes quite a bit of effort to
get them going.

Horsetails are a different matter. Just reading this post without
correct protection could be risky.