[HairOfTheDog]

They do die every year, but not till the new ones are up. Just for tidiness and to keep from breaking off the new little curls, I'll sometimes cut them off now, or before the new ones even appear. Others just leave them there till they turn brown.

There's some on this page ( tb! on the web... Gardening - Polystichum munitum "Sword Fern" ) that have been cut back... they look just like yours.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Oh, thanks for those pictures, they're great. I had no idea the fronds stayed green thru the winter, that is great too:) The garden always looks so dreary in the winter. I've gotten a few things in there that stay thru the winter and want to get some more.

Becky