See, the thought of Irises growing wild sounds as exotic to me as our ferns seem to you :~)
Around here we’ve found things growing in what seems to be the middle of no where...I don’t think they are truly wild. I think some of this stuff is on old homestead sites. One place, that we can’t get to anymore:(. there is a crepe myrtle growing. It’s as tall as the oak trees around it. Now I know that’s not wild. In the same area there are mimosa trees, and a slab of cement that looks like it could have been the porch of a house. This spot is obviously an old home site. But then other places there will be nothing but a patch of iris, or in one spot a patch of daffodils. I’ve wondered if these patches of flowers like that mark an old grave...pet or human is the question?
Becky
I love looking for flowers in the woods. The buckeyes were blooming too, along with the dogwoods, wild azaleas and phlox, and some kind of yellow flower that I don’t know what it is. The redbuds were pretty earlier but they’re gone now. There’s always something interesting to look at if you just pay attention. We have ferns too, but they’re not as big or as numerous as yours.
Speaking of ferns, I don’t think mine made it through the winter either. I sure hate it because it was awfully nice of you to send it to me. I guess the climate here was just too different for it. It may yet surprise me and come on up, but I don’t see any signs of any new growth right now.