On Oct 2, 2:05*pm, "Colin Jackson" cojack6ATbtinternetDOTcom wrote:
As a newby, what is the difference between brackens & ferns?

As a matter of interest, a neighbour said what I had in the garden was
bracken - an invasive weed.
Now the boss is looking , in a nursery, for pots of something very similar,
marked up as ferns!

Colin

Bracken is a sort of fern. It is invasive and very poisonous to people
most animals. Very common on upland areas and deciduous woodland,
The hill farmer's enemy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracken