We're back at
UCBG at Berkeley last March and headed into the Asia section of the garden...
Angiopteris lygodiifolia, from Japan.
Pyrrosia lingua, also from Japan.
Growing very happily on a rocky fronted slope.
Onoclea orientalis, the Oriental Ostrich Fern... (China)
Its dry fertile fronds.
Rhododendron irroratum ssp. yiliangense (China).
Now we've jumped ahead to the Australasia section and the (**GASP**) tree ferns.
My pass by this section was a "look and admire" walk, no gathering of specimen names, they just weren't visible from the path we were on.
They were gorgeous...
This tree fern trunk had an assortment of things strapped to it...
A staghorn...
An orchid (top), Dendrobium kingianum (Australia).
And a Pyrrosia confluens (New Caledonia)...
Kind of a clunky effort, IMHO.
This grouping had a label I could see, Dicksonia antarctica.
Another Pyrrosia growing on a trunk, P. lanceolata (Indonesia)
Check out that skirt!
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I do love tree ferns with their graceful foliage and dramatic leaf buds. I've never tried them in any of my gardens, though, possibly because their tropical feel doesn't seem to jive with my otherwise dry-leaning spaces, not to speak of my concerns with keeping them alive with a proper level of water and humidity.
ReplyDeleteI bet they'd do fine in your garden, based on the ones I've seen around the LA area, but you're right... the look would seem off.
DeleteLove the tree fern walk, I need to go in spring - the unfurling fronds are unreal!
ReplyDeleteGo, please! And take a lot of photos.
DeleteYou took so many cool photos although we didn't spend much time in that section!
ReplyDeleteP.S. The Tasmanian tree fern I planted in the spring looks mighty crispy. If it doesn't come back, it would be the fifth one I've killed.
I remember Janet laughing at me taking so many fern photos! However my status as an agave/desert plant lover is not in danger as I took even more in the desert sections (which I've yet to write about). Sorry to hear about your fern!
DeleteI guess with Portland being "war ravaged" you had to post about a UCBG?
ReplyDeleteSigh and eyeroll.
Leaving that nonsense aside, fascinating the exotic ecosystem these plants were able to create in Berkeley with help from humans. Great sights you caught!
Yes... that's it exactly. Huddled in my basement going through old photos, afraid to go outside...
DeleteFiddle heads make photo-taking easy, they seem alive...
ReplyDeleteThe number of amazing ferns and unusual, unfamiliar (to me) plants that grow in Australia and New Zealand would be a good reason to move. (And the accent it darling too).
Chavli
Moving to a place with these fabulous plants and no wacky leader with dangerous friends? Sign me up!
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