Yes we do!!! In my fantasy garden I have another half-lot that's full off downed stumps, exposed roots and a lot of moss and ferns. Of course there's also another half-lot that's a desert—a girl can dream right? Until then I visit places like the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden with their fabulous version, aka "the world’s largest public stumpery, with ferns spilling over 140 stumps and logs in a magical half-acre" (read more here).
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Cyrtomium falcatum (holly fern)
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That beautiful fern is a Dicksonia antarctica, the Tasmanian tree fern. There are a few growing around The Spheres in downtown Seattle, but that area is a heat island—warmer than Federal Way, WA, where this garden is located.
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Since this plant is only borderline hardy here they'd taken a little extra care to protect it for the winter months.
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More Cyrtomium falcatum. I find myself really drawn to this fern lately, whereas I used to not care for it at all.
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I want this!!!
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Dryopteris wallichiana
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These are Pyrrosia sheareri, for sure. I do love me some pyrrosia!
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And this concludes our look at the stumpery...
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This post is essentially a "part two" of the visit I began writing about on Friday...
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"A stumpery is an intentional arrangement of woody material like old stumps and tree trunks. The goal of a stumpery is the creation of habitats especially for ferns and other shade-loving plants; secondarily comes the sense of accomplishment from the arrangements of the arresting architecture of the roots, or any other things that you can find on or in re-purposed wood."
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Dryopteris sieboldii
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I think this is Pyrrosia sheareri, but it might be P. lingua—I'm having trouble telling how large the fronds are.
Weather Diary, February 28: Hi 58, Low 44/ Precip 0
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