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birds that build nests in ferns Crispy Wave Bird's Nest Fern – Plant DetectivesCrispy Wave Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus 'Crispy Wave') Crispy Wave Bird's Nest Fern brings a bold, sculptural look to indoor spaces with glossy, rippled fronds that feel both modern and lush. The upright rosette habit stays tidy in a pot, so it adds strong presence without taking over a room. It is a great fit for bright, filtered light where you want reliable greenery that looks finished year round. With steady moisture, warm temperatures, and
Crispy Wave Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus 'Crispy Wave')
Crispy Wave Bird's Nest Fern brings a bold, sculptural look to indoor spaces with glossy, rippled fronds that feel both modern and lush. The upright rosette habit stays tidy in a pot, so it adds strong presence without taking over a room. It is a great fit for bright, filtered light where you want reliable greenery that looks finished year-round. With steady moisture, warm temperatures, and a bit of humidity, it keeps producing fresh fronds and holds its signature wave.
Distinctive Features
This bird's nest fern forms a dense, vase-like rosette of narrow, stiff fronds with pronounced wavy margins that create a crisp, corrugated texture. Fronds emerge from the central crown and build a symmetrical nest shape that looks composed from every angle. Foliage is typically bright to medium green with a clean sheen, and the plant is grown for form and texture rather than flowers. Keep water out of the center rosette to protect the crown and maintain the best long-term performance.
Growing Conditions
- Sun: Medium to bright indirect light, and avoid harsh direct sun that can scorch fronds.
- Soil: Use a loose, organic-rich, well-drained mix that holds moisture, such as a peat-based blend with perlite or fine bark.
- Water: Keep soil evenly moist, watering when the surface begins to dry slightly, and avoid soaking the crown.
- USDA Zones: USDA Zones 11 to 12 outdoors, and elsewhere grown as a houseplant.
- Temperature: Prefers warm, stable conditions and should be protected from temperatures below about 55 F.
- Humidity: Moderate to high humidity supports cleaner fronds and helps prevent browning edges.
Ideal Uses
- Focal Point: Place on a plant stand in bright filtered light so the rippled fronds read as a living, sculptural centerpiece.
- Tabletops: Use in a simple pot on desks and consoles to add tidy, high-texture greenery without a sprawling footprint.
- Bathrooms: Grow in a bright bathroom where natural humidity helps keep fronds glossy and edges cleaner.
- Plant Groupings: Pair with broad-leaf plants to create contrast and make mixed displays feel more layered and intentional.
- Shaded Patios: Use outdoors in warm weather in protected shade to add lush texture where blooms are not the focus.
Low Maintenance Care
- Watering: Stay consistent, because repeated drying can cause crispy edges and slower new frond production.
- Feeding: Feed lightly in spring and summer with a diluted, balanced fertilizer to support steady growth.
- Crown Care: Water the soil rather than the center rosette to reduce the risk of crown issues.
- Grooming: Remove damaged or older fronds at the base to keep the rosette tidy and encourage fresh growth.
- Placement: Keep away from heating vents and cold drafts to prevent stress and browning.
Why Choose Crispy Wave Bird's Nest Fern?
- Architectural Texture: Wavy, upright fronds deliver a bold look that feels clean and modern.
- Compact Habit: Typically grows about 12 to 24 inches tall and 12 to 24 inches wide in containers over time.
- Shade Friendly: Performs well in indirect light, making it easy to place in bright rooms without direct sun.
- Year-Round Impact: Provides consistent evergreen presence without relying on a bloom cycle.
- Polished Styling: The symmetrical rosette shape looks finished as a single specimen or as the texture anchor in a plant vignette.
If you want a fern that looks intentional and stays reliably lush, Crispy Wave Bird's Nest Fern is a strong choice. Keep it warm, evenly moist, and out of harsh sun, and aim for a little extra humidity when possible. With a stable routine and good drainage, it will maintain its crisp wave and continue to send up fresh, glossy fronds.
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★★★★★ 5
Great Historical Reading
Format: Paperback
I found "American Slavery, American Freedom" to be a thought-provoking book that contained a great deal of useful information. I wrote in the margins of the book, took notes, and highlighted entire pages.
"American Slavery, American Freedom" was well-written and enjoyable to read.
I had read countless books on slavery over the years. This book did not focus primarily on slavery. A detailed description of the steps and events that led to the creation of the Commonwealth of Virginia can be found in "American Slavery, American Freedom."
The history of Virginia is characterized by slavery and servitude. Since many of the books I had read on slavery lacked a compelling backstory, I found this book refreshing.
As far as I can tell, the author denied or downplayed the fact that Thomas Jefferson fathered many children with a slave named Sally Hemmings. The author probably worked on this book for years before its publication in 1975. There was a possibility that Edmund Morgan did not want to write about any "touchy" topics.
"American Slavery, American Freedom" was a pleasure to read. I would recommend it to others.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2020
★★★★★ 4
Disturbing Questions
"Racism became an essential, if unacknowledged, ingredient of the republican ideology that enabled Virginians to lead the nation." writes Edmund S. Morgan in 1975, and ends this book with the rhetorical question: "Is America still colonial Virginia writ large?"
These are deeply disturbing questions - questions one is compelled to ponder as one reads this lucid and dispassionate presentation of the how primitive accumulation in Virginia at the beginning of the 17th century was replaced a century later by an orderly and opulent society based on slavery. The answer to such questions is not made easy by the realisation that the only other successful republican experiment - the Athenian democracy - blossomed too on a bed of slavery.
Do these questions matter today? Have we not moved on from racism? I'm afraid not. Again the voice of Morgan: "In the republican way of thinking, zeal for liberty and equality could go hand in hand with contempt for the poor and plans for enslaving them." Sounds eerily familiar? Just as today's language used to describe terrorist threats is redolent of the rhetoric that once surrounded the lynching of black bodies. Racism (albeit globalised) is re-visiting the land today, and so are republican virtues and values.
The book is long, and in some ways, too detailed. Morgan delights in the telling particular, and at times one wishes he would not linger on some specifics. But this has a purpose. He wants to show the imperceptible and surreptitious mechanisms by which a society acquires its ugly and immoral traits until they become so natural as to be invisible. Step by step, event by event, law by law a construction emerges that would have horrified its founders. Yet, at the time, it seamed the logical, and the right thing to do.
A strong point in Morgan's narrative is the links he highlights between the developments in Virginia and the Britain's commercial interests, migration policies, population growth and control, state revenue, and political history or thought. One can better appreciate the import of Virginia for Britain and the mother country's fixation and fascination for the North American colonies.
Brash and brutal, Virginian slavery stood openly as godmother at the foundation of the American Republic. Other aspects of slavery also contributed significantly - but as they were indirect, they remained veiled and are hardly recognised even today. New England benefited greatly from its cod trade to the Caribbean, where the product that was found to be unfit for European markets was fed to the slaves, thus freeing up land that otherwise would have been used to sustain them. When will we get a total picture of slavery's import for America's economic foundations?
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Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2003
★★★★★ 5
how a country could develop a "national character" founded on the love of liberty while simultaneously importing thousands and t
Format: Paperback
This book lays out hte paradox, how a country could develop a "national character" founded on the love of liberty while simultaneously importing thousands and thousands of bondsmen to provided the "free people" with the necessities of life: i.e., why slavery was necessary to support the kind of freedom the white folk wanted to become accustomed to.... and implicitly, why the industrial revolution finally changed the hearts and minds of enough Americans to make slavery seem unnecessary and therefore, if was no longer a necessary evil, why it had to be overthrown.
Morgan writes objectively -- but his feelings are always detectable through his writing style, which is perhaps the best academic English to be found anywhere. I found it gripping. The book was published in 1972, and has doubtless been corrected by many subsequent researchers in some of its particulars -- but it was the fountainhead for a new way of understanding American history that young people all have learned about in high school, but which many baby-boomers have never seriously encountered.
Reading it accomplished a MAJOR retrofit in my sense of how the USA got to be the way it is today. Not to put too fine a point on it, the Tea Party and many trump supporters seem to adhere to the values of the original American Republicans [and to think that Black folk should be pushed back to a place where their feelings don't matter], and to long for a return to the status quo ante -- with ante referring to a time long LONG ago
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Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2016
★★★★★ 5
U.S. American Genesis
Format: Kindle
Kindle edition worked well. Very interesting and insightful read by a first rate historian. Tells the story of how our ancestors transitioned from Englishmen to Americans. A book well worth taking the time to read.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2022
★★★★★ 5
History at its best
This comprehensive history of early Virginia persuasively argues that slavery and racism contributed to the American notions of freedom and democracy for those not enslaved. Although first published in 1975, one would never guess that just from reading it. Morgan's argument emerges from such a careful reading and analysis of primary sources that it remains as important today as it was a quarter century ago. The book also provides valuable insights into many subjects other than slavery, including economic and political relations between Virginia and England, early interactions with Native Americans, and changing colonial and British notions of labor and class. Highly recommended on any of these issues.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2007