tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post8318440688081885752..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: List: Houseplants With Finely-Divided, "Fluffy" Foliagemr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-60679595429597882802021-04-15T18:41:51.046-07:002021-04-15T18:41:51.046-07:00Thank you so much for this list! Had a really spec...Thank you so much for this list! Had a really specific aesthetic in mind and your suggestions were exactly what I was looking for :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-79589801510246337482010-02-11T17:37:11.488-08:002010-02-11T17:37:11.488-08:00Love your asparagus fern, I was not successful wit...Love your asparagus fern, I was not successful with them.<br />Wonder if you would count Fluffy Ruffle Fern (Nephrolepis Exaltata)<br />and also the maiden hair fern (Adiantum capillis-veneris)<br /><br />Both of them are happily fuffing in my garden.James Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423981835876393119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-63334005702216345912010-02-11T15:34:28.097-08:002010-02-11T15:34:28.097-08:00I have a thing for fluffy plants, although most of...I have a thing for fluffy plants, although most of those listed that I have tried I have had bad experiences with, they seem to need a lot of water. Several succulent, winter growing Pelargoniums, although small growing, might fit into this category, P.hystrix and P.triste spring to mind, the later is one of my favourite plants.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608752820611263518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-64260636740919320782010-02-11T13:02:19.355-08:002010-02-11T13:02:19.355-08:00Liza:
I like aralias too. They're pretty well...Liza:<br /><br />I like aralias too. They're pretty well-behaved, for having such a difficult reputation.<br /><br />Diane:<br /><br />I'd be surprised if you could grow <i>Artemisia</i> indoors, but of course I've never tried it. There's another perennial that we had at the garden center that looks very much like <i>Polyscias fruticosa</i>, except it doesn't have the woody mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-42695578087305517662010-02-11T12:20:45.722-08:002010-02-11T12:20:45.722-08:00Oooh... I just read your post (http://plantsarethe...Oooh... I just read your post (http://plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com/2008/02/fraternity-asparagus-spp.html) on the subject of asparagus spp. and the more you hate on them, the more I want them! I shall hereby fill my house with evil asparagus!Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433418903218452909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-72004735232623826822010-02-11T12:09:59.928-08:002010-02-11T12:09:59.928-08:00They have thorns??? Oh my. Now I totally HAVE to g...They have thorns??? Oh my. Now I totally HAVE to get one! I love plants that bite. And how cool that they look soft and fuffy, but are actually mean! I will get one and name it after that rabbit in Monty Python.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433418903218452909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-39178555105157305762010-02-11T11:17:14.537-08:002010-02-11T11:17:14.537-08:00Can Artemisia be grown indoors? That's my fav...Can Artemisia be grown indoors? That's my favorite fluffy plant but it's mainly for outdoors, at least here in 5b.<br /><br />My asparagus fern has no thorns. I guess I should just be happy about it and not wonder why.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589473046882217457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-14170683663096555372010-02-11T07:59:39.716-08:002010-02-11T07:59:39.716-08:00I love aralias. Every time I see an asparagus fern...I love aralias. Every time I see an asparagus fern, I always want it to be soft and fluffy and not sharp and painful.Lizahttp://goodtogrow.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-11123682257993167782010-02-11T06:19:31.674-08:002010-02-11T06:19:31.674-08:00Asparagus fern was one of my mother's favs -- ...Asparagus fern was one of my mother's favs -- she called it 'lace fern.' It's fairly tough.Jean Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000315400392984647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-83458591883866921912010-02-11T06:07:35.187-08:002010-02-11T06:07:35.187-08:00Asparagus are not my favorite plants, though that&...<i>Asparagus</i> are not my favorite plants, though that's mainly for the thorns: culturally, they're only a problem if you let them get too dry. Granted, if you let them get too dry, then they're a really <i>big</i> problem, but they're not so bad so long as you don't do that. The thorns are obnoxious no matter how much water you do or don't give them.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-64643070943037660292010-02-11T05:43:32.441-08:002010-02-11T05:43:32.441-08:00Thank you again! I was thinking in terms of design...Thank you again! I was thinking in terms of design, so anything fluffy looking was what I was imagining -- fluffy stuff to contrast to big leaves.<br />Any experience/comments on the asparagus? They'd be a great counter point to big glossy leaves, but they are SO fluffy I'm imagining them turning all brown and crispy at the slightest provocation.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433418903218452909noreply@blogger.com