Thank you to everyone for the responses to my request for aggressive shade loving natives. I now have a lengthy plant list to take to the next native plant sale!
There was a comment saying something along the lines of "find someone with ostrich ferns, they'll have some to share."
My husband, who has wanted a fern patch since we moved here, then found someone on Facebook marketplace selling divisions for super cheap if you bring a shovel, and off I went. Lovely lady also shared some false lupine and beard tongue divisions with me for free.
So thanks, r/nativeplantgardening for providing the impetus to make my husband's fern filled dreams come true.
by blurryrose
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I wish ostrich ferns were native where I am!!! They’re so flipping pretty!
Give them a long good soak when you plant them today, then water every day for a week, every week for a month. You will have so many ferns next year!
And I’ll do it again!
Ooh that’s a nice score! I’m on the lookout for native ferns in 7a too! This is even better than going to a nursery.
Nice! Lucky!