Walking Fern
The common name comes from the fact that the leaves sprout new plants at their apices.
Walking Ferns have very attractive foliage and the simple leaves are often long-tapering to the tips.
After a few generations, the plant appears as if it is 'walking' across the ground because the frond tips curve over and root wherever they touch the ground.
This perennial fern does not have flowers or blooms.
The Walking Fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, is an interesting little plant.
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For United States gardeners ... remember to fertilize your lawn around the summer holidays. First on Memorial Day weekend to start the summer, again on Labor Day after the heat of the summer has passed, and finally near Halloween for a healthy lawn next spring.
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