Congrats to Cayuga Crew for FTF!
--may be high weeds toward end of summer--
PLEASE wear bright orange during hunting season! (Trail is terrain 2 – it is only a 3 for the last 20 feet or so)
This geoart is in honor of my mother, formerly known as the flower lady of Portville. The cache names are just some of the varieties she has in her gardens. Read the description below to find the information needed to get the final coordinates of the cache.
Unlike other ferns, Japanese painted ferns are not a simple green texture. They are one of the best silver-leaved plants for your garden. Many ferns offer great texture to a space, but few can say they bring as much to the table as Japanese painted ferns. The fronds of these leaves have such interesting and unique patterns of colors that many look hand-painted. In shades of steely gray, frosty white, and deep burgundy, every frond is a piece of art to be admired. The rachis, or midrib, of each of the feathery fronds is typically a lovely burgundy color that bleeds into the smaller, gray-green leaflets that begin to flush silver-white as they progress to the tips. They are truly pieces of natural art and accent other garden plants so well—whether they act as a stand-alone star or as a soft complement to bold colors and textures in the garden. The most important thing to remember is that these ferns cannot tolerate full sun. They can also do well in full shade—just expect the colors to be a bit more muted but no less beautiful.
https://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/perennial/japanese-painted-fern-lady-fern/
X = number of frond shades + 1
Final Coordinates: N42 08.X58 W078 34.1X7