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Help.....love Boston ferns, but they're starting to move into my hostas.... (Original Post) a kennedy May 2024 OP
Boston? codfisherman May 2024 #1
Haha, sorry, no Boston ferns..... a kennedy May 2024 #3
You can divide them Bayard May 2024 #2
Gonna give that a try. Thanks. a kennedy May 2024 #4

codfisherman

(89 posts)
1. Boston?
Thu May 9, 2024, 12:04 PM
May 2024

Had to look things up to make sure there wasn't a bolton fern. Leave'em. Plant coleus and begonias and have a happy little shade garden. If you are determined, just dig them up and move them. They are fairly hardy and generally transplant well. I have picked potted ferns (and mums) out of peoples roadside yardwaste and successfully transplanted them.

a kennedy

(32,323 posts)
3. Haha, sorry, no Boston ferns.....
Thu May 9, 2024, 12:57 PM
May 2024
I’ll fix the post. Didn’t re-read I guess. and thanks.
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