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Visit to Kew
Twenty-five members of the Group and their friends met at the Elizabeth Gate at Kew Gardens.

Peter Blake
Jun 12, 20233 min read
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Pteris normalis…in a garden centre near you!
I thought it would be interesting to share Christopher’s comments with you all on commonly available P. quadriaurita ‘Tricolor’.

Matthew Reeve & Christopher Fraser-Jenkins
Jun 12, 202310 min read
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Finding the real Nephrolepis cordifolia ‘Duffii’
One of the common Nephrolepis cultivars on the market for a long time has been Nephrolepis cordifolia ‘Duffii’.

Miguel Fernandez Voortman
Jun 12, 20233 min read
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Aquascaping, interview with Rose Danford-Phillips
Rose Danford-Phillips shares some of her insights and tips on aquascaping and growing aquatic ferns.

Matthew Reeve
Dec 12, 202210 min read
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Worcester Terrariums
It’s no secret that I’m obsessed with making terrariums.

Ben Newell
Dec 12, 20228 min read
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Visit to the Tropical Ravine, Botanic Gardens, Belfast
Matthew Reeve and I were lucky enough to be escorted round the Tropical Ravine in Belfast Botanic Garden.

Peter Blake
Dec 12, 20224 min read
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Yet another mystery fern
We all too easily buy things in the hope that the name is right—especially when it’s a plant we’ve read about and want to grow.

Dick Hayward
Dec 12, 20226 min read
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Selaginella willdenowii
Selaginella willdenowii is probably one of the best known ‘blue’ plants.

Peter Blake
Dec 12, 20223 min read
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Group Annual Meeting: 3 September 2022, Buckinghamshire
The Group held its first annual meeting at the home of Valdy and Greta Pierozynski in Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire.

Matthew Reeve
Dec 12, 20224 min read
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Doodia × Blechnum hybrids
Over the years, we ended up with quite a few oddballs—things that didn’t really match the species we had but looked similar.
Dwayne Stocks
Jun 13, 20226 min read
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Group Meeting: Churchtown Botanic Garden
The fernery in Churchtown Botanic Gardens, Southport, has become one of the best-maintained and best-stocked heated ferneries in the UK.

Matthew Reeve
Jun 13, 20224 min read
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Growing Pityrogramma austroamericana
Pityrogramma austroamericana is a very attractive tropical fern with a brilliant yellow farina coating the stipe and back of the fronds.

Peter Blake
Jun 13, 20224 min read
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Visit to the botanical gardens of Leiden and Utrecht
As our first trip abroad after the pandemic, my partner Nick and I went to visit the botanical gardens of Leiden and Utrecht.

Peter Blake
Jun 13, 20224 min read
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Hothouse humidity
The main factor that has led to ferns evolving in humid environments is that their lifecycle has a reliance on moist habitats.

Matthew Reeve
Jun 13, 202211 min read
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Growing ferns in terrariums
As a means of providing a controlled and independent mini-environment in which to house exotic plants, terrariums have become quite popular.

Dick Hayward
Dec 13, 20218 min read
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Hothouse, what house?
Working out the ideal temperature and environmental conditions for a fern collection can be confusing. This is my journey as a ‘fern...

Matthew Reeve
Dec 13, 20218 min read
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Tectaria zeilanica, The ‘Oakleaf Fern’
When I first saw Tectaria zeilanica I wasn’t at all sure that it was even a fern.

Peter Blake
Dec 13, 20212 min read
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