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<h4>You're browser does not support iFrames - here is an exerpt of the content</h4> <a href="http://gardenerstips.co.uk/blog/gardening/growing-evergreen-harts-tongue-fern/">Click here to read the article in full</a> <p><a href="http://gardenerstips.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Harts-tongue-fern.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6326" title="Hart's tongue fern" src="http://gardenerstips.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Harts-tongue-fern.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="336" /></a></p> <p>Asplenium scolopendriums or spleenworts are a good contrast plant in a shady fern border. The shape of the long <a title="evergreen" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/evergreen/">evergreen</a> fronds gave rise to the common name Hart’s Tongue Fern.</p> <p><strong><a title="Growing" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/growing/">Growing</a> Hart’s Tongue Ferns</strong></p> <ul> <li> They provide year round interest being ferns with simple, undivided fronds. The leaves are 4-24 ” long and 2-3″ broad.</li> <li>Once planted, hart’s tongue fern grows slowly and needs little attention apart from annual mulching and tidying in spring.</li> <li>Plants grow on lime-rich substrates including moist soil and damp crevices in old walls, most commonly in shaded situations.</li> <li>In sunny sites the leaves turn a sickly yellow.</li> <li>They are not suitable for growing in pots and <a title="containers" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/containers/">containers</a>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Varieties of Asplenium </strong></p> <ul> <li> Crispum group have fronds with crimped margins making them appear plumose or feather like. Boltons Needle is one specific form.</li> <li>Asplenium scolopendrium muricatum has narrow dark green fronds with raised wrinkly edges.</li> <li>Asplenium trichomanes have glossy green oval, pinnae paired along the length of a purplish stem. Ideal for walls and crevices.</li> <li>Asplenium scolopendriumLaceratum Kays is a form with wide open, ovate fronds with deeply cut margins and miniature crested tips.</li> <li>See others at <a href="http://www.world-of-ferns.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=32&products_id=26">World of Ferns </a></li> </ul> <p>In the <a href="http://www.godsowncounty.co.uk/04/yorkshire-dales/beauty-of-yorkshire-dales/">Yorkshire Dales</a> National Park the ferns make an important contribution to the local flora. Hart’s-tongue fern is shade-tolerant and prefers lime-rich soils and can be found in dark and damp environments including the grykes of limestone pavements.</p> <div style="display: none">VN:F [1.6.3_896]</div><div class="ratingblock"><div class="ratingblock "><div class="ratingheader ">Rate this Article</div><div class="ratingstars "><div id="article_rater_30884" class="ratepost gdsr-soft gdsr-size-24"><div class="starsbar gdsr-size-24"><div class="gdouter gdheight"><div id="gdr_vote_a30884" style="width: 0px;" class="gdinner gdheight"></div><div id="gdr_stars_a30884" class="gdsr_rating_as"><a id="gdsrX30884X5X0XaXarticle_rater_30884Xarticle_loader_30884X10X24" title="5 / 5" class="s5" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX30884X4X0XaXarticle_rater_30884Xarticle_loader_30884X10X24" title="4 / 5" class="s4" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX30884X3X0XaXarticle_rater_30884Xarticle_loader_30884X10X24" title="3 / 5" class="s3" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX30884X2X0XaXarticle_rater_30884Xarticle_loader_30884X10X24" title="2 / 5" class="s2" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX30884X1X0XaXarticle_rater_30884Xarticle_loader_30884X10X24" title="1 / 5" class="s1" rel="nofollow"></a></div></div></div></div><div id="article_loader_30884" style="display: none; width: 120px; " class="ratingloader article"><div class="loader flower " style="height: 24px"><div class="loaderinner" style="padding-top: 2px">please wait...</div></div></div></div><div class="ratingtext "><div id="gdr_text_a30884">Rating: 0.0/<strong>5</strong> (0 votes cast)</div></div></div></div>
