{Loving this fall look by Talbots}

Fern Tips

We started our ferns out in the spring.  April of this year to be exact.  In the past we had kumquats out there.  Before that it was Fiddle Leaf fig trees.   All have been re-homed either indoors our outside elsewhere.  My parents gave me those for birthdays.  Side note:  a plant is one of the best gifts out there.  I love thinking of the person that gave it to me, and see how it grows from year to year.  Anyway, I wasn’t sure how the ferns were going to handle Florida summer.  The fiddle leaf fig trees did great, the kumquats did OK.  But the ferns have really exceeded my expectation.  Even while we were gone for most of the summer.  The front porch gets pretty good sun for most of the day, but it does have a good period of time when it’s covered by shade.  But here’s the secret:  Automation.  We love the raindrip system for automatically watering them daily.  It depends on how easy it is to hide the cords.  But in our case it’s pretty easy.  Especially with the right urn.  You can always use a little “touch/retouch” app to take the cord away easily if you need them for photos.  Otherwise, it’s life, and I think people would rather see your cord than a dead plant (: