Blog, Nature Maidenhair by Christine Bolton • March 28, 2023 • 22 Comments Maidenhair Your name is pretty and describes you well Maidenhair You are a fern Delicate and soft fluttering in the breeze In some places you are finicky and live inside where it is warm You are planted in peat-moss soil and misted with water But here in the deep south you are a delightful weed Strong, low-maintenance popping up in between concrete cracks around trees and pushing up pebbles You are at home in shady sunshine Natural and free flowing and for sale Nowhere Copyright © 2023 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Sarah is hosting D'Verse tonight and has prompted us with "Weeds" Photo by Xuan Min on Unsplash Share this:EmailPrintLike this:Like Loading...
Thanks for the education, Christine!
☺️💕 Thank you Susi
You’re welcome, Christine!
Lovely tribute to a lovely fern! 😊❤️
Thank you, Punam ☺️❤️
My pleasure. 😊❤️
Gorgeous writing ✨💖
Thank you Jude! I really appreciate it ☺️❤️
My pleasure.
It looks so nice, but I guess that many plants can become a weed somewhere else.
Yes, the weather takes care of that.
I agree, the maidenhair is a pretty name, Christine, and a lovely delicate fern. Knowing them as a houseplant, I smiled to think of them ‘popping up in between concrete cracks’.
Thanks Kim. It is a pretty fern and I had one as a houseplant too way back when … ☺️💕
Love your choice of the weed and your tribute to it
Aww thanks Sadje! Its right up there with Dandelions ☺️💕
You’re most welcome
Oh, delightful! It’s a treasured houseplant here – I guess many many plants are weeds somewhere…
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Thanks Sarah. Yes, the thought always makes me smile. ☺️
I love maidenhair ferns, how wonderful they grow everywhere in the south. Nice tribute poem to the beauties!
Thanks Lisa. I’ve always been fond of them too. They can be a pesky little bugger, but very easy to pull. ☺️💕
You’re welcome, Christine.