GROWING FLUFFY RUFFLE FERN IN MY GARDEN.

This is another type of fern growing in my garden. This fern has been part of my garden for many years.

This is one of the Fluffy Ruffles fern.

Its scientific name is Nephrolepis Exaltata.

It has a ruffled appearance.

This fern is suitable as an indoor plant or growing in hanging pots/baskets.

I placed the plant under the porch, enjoying indirect sunlight.

This fern grows well in moist garden soil with good water drainage.

If the soil is dry, it will be pale green. Once the plant is watered, it will be restored to healthy green.

The leaves can grow up to 1.5 to almost 2 feet long.

The leaflets grow alternately along the leaf stems in straight rows.

Curled or ruffled leaflets.

Compacted leaflets.

The thin and long green projections will grow and multiply into new fern plants once it finds and set roots into the soil.

This fern is a slow growing and an evergreen plant.

"O Ephraim! Stay away from idols!
I am living and strong! I look after you and care for you.
I am like an evergreen tree,
yielding my fruit to you throughout the year.
My mercies never fail."
(Hosea 14:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Growing Selanginella In My Garden

I thank the gardening experts who helped me with the ID for this plant. I have been searching for the ID for a long time without any success until I seek the help from the gardening groups that I have joined.

This is the Selaginella moss plant in my garden. It is also known as spike moss, it is somewhere between a moss and a fern. This plant has been with me for many years. A few times it has almost dried up due to lack of water. But after regular watering and keeping the soil moist, it sprang back to life again.

 This is quite an easy plant to propagate. Just break off a stem that has some young roots growing from the underside of the stem, the more roots the better. Then stick it into moist garden soil and keep it in a shady place,

keeping it moist all the time. Very soon, it will start to grow.

 There are a few varieties of Selaginella but I only have this green one in my garden. It is best kept in a shaded place with the soil kept moist.

I placed the pot under the porch. It can also be grown as an indoor plant.

When the colour is pale green, it is in need of water.
If water is not given in time, the leaves will start to shrivel up.

When there is sufficient water, the colour will be healthy green.

It does not need to be fed with fertilizer regularly.

Yes, He humbled you by letting you go hungry and

then feeding you with manna,

a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors.

He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather,

we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

(Deuteronomy 8:3, New Living Translation-NLT)

Soft Fern In My Garden

There are some plants that found their way into my garden and made it their home. Sometimes, these laid down roots in my flower pots and stayed there until I pull them out to make way for new plants. Sometimes, they are found next to or in between the flower pots.

One of these plants is the soft fern. These are probably from spores carried by wind into my garden. Spores can be found on the underside of the older leaves as dark spots. This fern do not produce flowers.

I usually find quite a number of these growing in my garden especially during the rainy season. Soft fern can be grown as indoor plants or in hanging pots as outdoor plants but kept in partial shade or under the porch.

Soft fern grows well in soft and moist garden soil. It does not need regular feeding of fertilizer. It is claimed that soft ferns acts as humidifiers and improve the air in the room.

"I know all the things you do. I have seen your love,

your faith, your service, and your patient endurance.

And I can see your constant improvement in all these things.

(Revelation 2:19, NLT)