Mosses and Ferns
The oldest kinds of land plants in the garden. Mosses and ferns never flower or make seeds: they spread by spores, dust-fine specks carried by the wind.
Peat Moss
झ्याउ
Sphagnum sp.
Peat moss forms soft, spongy green mats. Like all mosses, it has no true vascular tissue to carry water, so it stays low and hugs damp ground instead of growing tall.
Pteris Fern
उनिउँ
Pteris vittata
Ferns have true roots, stems, and leaves, but make dust-like spores instead of flowers or seeds. This one can pull arsenic out of the soil and store it in its fronds.
Fluffy Ruffles Fern
Nephrolepis exaltata ‘Fluffy Ruffles’
Look under a frond for small brown dots: that is where the spores are made. This Boston fern has frilly, finely divided fronds.
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Its delicate, lacy fronds unroll in spring from tight coils called fiddleheads. Like all ferns, it spreads by spores.
Wood Fern
उनिउँ
Dryopteris sp.
Wood ferns grow on shady forest floors. Their spore dots are covered by small kidney-shaped flaps that protect them until they ripen.
More in The Plant Family Tree
The garden is alive and changes through the year. Some plants flower, fruit, or rest only in certain seasons, so what you see depends on when you visit.
See them for yourself
Every plant here grows on our campus in Bhaktapur. Walk the garden on your visit.
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