So, we all know that EVERY bridal magazine in this country has showcased a bouquet or bout with fiddlehead ferns in it...
Yet, here in So. Dak. no florist has even HEARD of them...aghhh!
So, I come to you fellow-weddingbee-ers...
Have you seen faux fiddlehead ferns? Is there a different name that I should be googling?? Has anyone seen them on the floral warehouse sites?? I only need 12 for each of the bouts...
Thanks for your help!<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre">
I've heard of them called fern fronds or fern shoots (I think literally they are shoots that the plant sends out to grow more!) I assume you showed them a photo and they still have no idea? BIZARRE. I'm only one state over-Minnesota-and many florists here use them. I'm having them in my bouquet.
lucky! How ridiculous. Apparently even the wholesale houses here haven't heard of them....um, have they never looked at out of state florists or a picked up a wedding magazine??
Well, my florist did not even know what the knot was...yeah...these people need to take a minute and look at what's going on outside of exotic South Dakota! lol.
I have seen them fresh...I think they were anyway, they were the brown color we see in magazines, but they were on water...at Crate & Barrel, but we don't have one close :(
You can buy the dried or faux ones almost anywhere but if you are looking for fresh honestly...try an upscale grocer or restaurant supply, you are close enough to Canada where we eat them all the time! You can easily grow them, I have seen them in upstate New York a lot as well.
Fiddlehead ferns are the young sprouts of the fern before it fully opens. Most of the time they are green (at least they are in the forest and at our grocery store).
With a wedding in October it's unlikely that you will find some fresh one since they only come out in the spring. So go for the fake one or find a way to dry some.
oh yes.,......i also was nervous when my florist looked at me with a blank stare. thankfully i had pics.
she told me that they are just pieces of plastic that they strip to curl. (the fake ones, obviously) i am ignoring the fact that she doesnt seem to know that this is a real fern that grows somewhere.
its official name (for the brown ones) is Uluhe fern
According to this, the Uluhe ferns are also called "False Staghorn."
But I think most any fern makes shoots like those curly little tails. If there's a Filipino or Asian market near you, try there too -- I know there are several fern shoot dishes that Asians eat.
Fresh fiddleheads are only available for 4 weeks of the year in May...at least in eastern Canada that's when we have them. Also, I doubt they would hold up to the wedding day beating! I think you're definitely better off with faux...dried cou be good too, but you would lose that beautiful vibrant green colour.
So, we all know that EVERY bridal magazine in this country has showcased a bouquet or bout with fiddlehead ferns in it...
Yet, here in So. Dak. no florist has even HEARD of them...aghhh!
So, I come to you fellow-weddingbee-ers...
Have you seen faux fiddlehead ferns? Is there a different name that I should be googling?? Has anyone seen them on the floral warehouse sites?? I only need 12 for each of the bouts...
Thanks for your help!<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre">
posted by STBMrsWelch Newbee: 7 posts 6 months agoI think I've seen them referred to as "monkey tails"...
posted by cab07 Newbee: 40 posts 6 months agoI've heard of them called fern fronds or fern shoots (I think literally they are shoots that the plant sends out to grow more!) I assume you showed them a photo and they still have no idea? BIZARRE. I'm only one state over-Minnesota-and many florists here use them. I'm having them in my bouquet.
posted by yiska Worker bee: 175 posts 6 months agolucky! How ridiculous. Apparently even the wholesale houses here haven't heard of them....um, have they never looked at out of state florists or a picked up a wedding magazine??
Well, my florist did not even know what the knot was...yeah...these people need to take a minute and look at what's going on outside of exotic South Dakota! lol.
posted by STBMrsWelch Newbee: 7 posts 6 months agoI'm using them in the bouts, too, and found fake ones here: http://www.pyob.com/fiddleheads-uluhe.htm
The fresh ones are often sauteed and eaten! I think the ones we usually see in magazines are dried.
posted by GorgesViola Helper bee: 348 posts 6 months agoThanks for the help!!
I have seen them fresh...I think they were anyway, they were the brown color we see in magazines, but they were on water...at Crate & Barrel, but we don't have one close :(
posted by STBMrsWelch Newbee: 7 posts 6 months agoGo to fiftyflowers.com
They are not listed, but they can find them for you.
posted by NicksGirl Wannabee: 3 posts 6 months agoYou can buy the dried or faux ones almost anywhere but if you are looking for fresh honestly...try an upscale grocer or restaurant supply, you are close enough to Canada where we eat them all the time! You can easily grow them, I have seen them in upstate New York a lot as well.
posted by ju1244 Helper bee: 254 posts 6 months agoFiddlehead ferns are the young sprouts of the fern before it fully opens. Most of the time they are green (at least they are in the forest and at our grocery store).
With a wedding in October it's unlikely that you will find some fresh one since they only come out in the spring. So go for the fake one or find a way to dry some.
posted by MrsFroggy Worker bee: 192 posts 6 months agoi'm using "monkey tails" too.
oh yes.,......i also was nervous when my florist looked at me with a blank stare. thankfully i had pics.
she told me that they are just pieces of plastic that they strip to curl. (the fake ones, obviously) i am ignoring the fact that she doesnt seem to know that this is a real fern that grows somewhere.
its official name (for the brown ones) is Uluhe fern
posted by GetMarried4Less Busy bee: 917 posts 6 months agoAccording to this, the Uluhe ferns are also called "False Staghorn."
But I think most any fern makes shoots like those curly little tails.
If there's a Filipino or Asian market near you, try there too -- I know there are several fern shoot dishes that Asians eat.
posted by princesskittyHI Helper bee: 410 posts 6 months agoFresh fiddleheads are only available for 4 weeks of the year in May...at least in eastern Canada that's when we have them. Also, I doubt they would hold up to the wedding day beating! I think you're definitely better off with faux...dried cou be good too, but you would lose that beautiful vibrant green colour.
posted by haliwood Worker bee: 107 posts 6 months ago