Yep- just keep caring for them and IMO they will come back.

I would be willing to bet they will come back, too! Just be patient until next spring. Ferns are amazingly hardy plants.

Fronds damaged during transplant/transport are usually done for. But if the fern had been growing healthily before the transplant there'll be enough reserves in the heart of it to bring it back.

Thank-you for your responses. My ferns seem to be doing well. A few have put up new fronds already, so I'm optimistic that they'll hang in there.

Martha

I have similar... holding breath... I dug out and transplanted 10 huge ostrich ferns when someone moved, but most of the fronds broke in half, turned brown and shriveled up. Partly from my dog checking out the waving in the breeze fronds, partly from the move/transplant, partly from the horrible hot dry summer we are having. I keep watering what is left and crossing my fingers that they come back! A neighbor has awesome ostrich ferns that have all turned brown with our drought but she tells me they will come back, it has happened to her before and they come back ... so keep watering even if you aren't sure if they are alive!