There's a very attractive small fern that grows in little cracks in stone
walls. It's fronds are only a matter of inches long, 6 to 8, perhaps and it
has quite a dark edge to the leaf and the stem is dark, too, though that
seems to vary. It hugs the walls pretty closely. Does anyone have an idea
what it is from that rather poor description?!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

"Sacha" wrote in message
id...
There's a very attractive small fern that grows in little cracks in stone
walls. It's fronds are only a matter of inches long, 6 to 8, perhaps and
it
has quite a dark edge to the leaf and the stem is dark, too, though that
seems to vary. It hugs the walls pretty closely. Does anyone have an
idea
what it is from that rather poor description?!
--

there are 2 common small wall ferns

Asplenium trichomanes
http://ispb.univ-lyon1.fr/cours/bota...07-04.jpgwhich grow flat against wallsand Asplenium ruta-muraria with more irregular frondsPlus rusty back fern with orange felty undersides to the "leaves"Any use? Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon )

On 12/3/06 16:08, in article , "Des
Higgins" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
id...
There's a very attractive small fern that grows in little cracks in stone
walls. It's fronds are only a matter of inches long, 6 to 8, perhaps and
it
has quite a dark edge to the leaf and the stem is dark, too, though that
seems to vary. It hugs the walls pretty closely. Does anyone have an
idea
what it is from that rather poor description?!
--

there are 2 common small wall ferns

Asplenium trichomanes
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That's the one. Many thanks.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

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from Sacha contains these words:

There's a very attractive small fern that grows in little cracks in stone
walls. It's fronds are only a matter of inches long, 6 to 8, perhaps and it
has quite a dark edge to the leaf and the stem is dark, too, though that
seems to vary. It hugs the walls pretty closely. Does anyone have an idea
what it is from that rather poor description?!

No, but do you mean this one?

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/...rden/fern1.jpg
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/...rden/fern2.jpg

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On 12/3/06 16:57, in article ,
"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote:

The message
from Sacha contains these words:

There's a very attractive small fern that grows in little cracks in stone
walls. It's fronds are only a matter of inches long, 6 to 8, perhaps and it
has quite a dark edge to the leaf and the stem is dark, too, though that
seems to vary. It hugs the walls pretty closely. Does anyone have an idea
what it is from that rather poor description?!

No, but do you mean this one?

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/...rden/fern1.jpg
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/...rden/fern2.jpg

Thanks, Rusty but I don't think that's it and I do think that I've now got
its name from Des and David. Isn't urg wonderful - all that information so
quickly! ;-)
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)