N is for Nephrolepis
N is for Nephrolepis, or Boston Fern. I’m cheating just a little on this as I had to use the scientific name to find a plant that begins with N. There are lots of summer flowering plants that begin with the letter N, but this is winter in Indiana and it’s 26°F today at noon. I also confess to buying this just for the challenge, as I didn’t have any plants beginning with N. The local garden stores don’t sell Boston Ferns in the winter because they are considered a seasonal plant here in Indiana, so I ordered it from Florida. The Postal Service took 6 days to get it to me instead of 3, so it arrived a little bit frazzled, but fortunately survived the cold trip. (I don’t recommend having plants shipped in the winter.) I don’t usually have good luck with ferns, so will see how this little one does. It’s a smaller variety called ‘compacta’ so won’t get as big as the ones they sell for outdoors in the summer, and is more suited to be a house plant. I’m keeping it on a bed of pebbles with water for humidity so hopefully that will help.
N is for Nephrolepis
N is for Nephrolepis, or Boston Fern. I’m cheating just a little on this as I had to use the scientific name to find a plant that begins with N. There are lots of summer flowering plants that begin with the letter N, but this is winter in Indiana and it’s 26°F today at noon. I also confess to buying this just for the challenge, as I didn’t have any plants beginning with N. The local garden stores don’t sell Boston Ferns in the winter because they are considered a seasonal plant here in Indiana, so I ordered it from Florida. The Postal Service took 6 days to get it to me instead of 3, so it arrived a little bit frazzled, but fortunately survived the cold trip. (I don’t recommend having plants shipped in the winter.) I don’t usually have good luck with ferns, so will see how this little one does. It’s a smaller variety called ‘compacta’ so won’t get as big as the ones they sell for outdoors in the summer, and is more suited to be a house plant. I’m keeping it on a bed of pebbles with water for humidity so hopefully that will help.