In our area, the time to prepare beds for planting ferns is in the spring since all but the hardiest species die back in our ...

S ome ferns can be fussy to grow indoors and tend to drop fronds constantly (we’re looking at you, Boston fern!), but the bird’s nest fern is a true gem. With thick strappy le ...

Like most ferns, its fronds originate from a central ... which is an organism that grows on the surface of another plant.) There, its fronds often grow over 2 feet in length, but your houseplant ...

Ferns are very sensitive to fertilizers, and giving them an abundance of macronutrients like nitrogen, phosphorous, or ...

“We see very few conifers or angiosperms or anything like that,” she adds, leading researchers to dub the layer the fern spike. Ferns aren’t any better preserved in the fossil record than other types ...

This lush foliage plant has a wealth of varieties – find the perfect fern for you With their tightly curled croziers and distinctive leafy fronds, members of the fern family are unmistakable.

The ferns and their relatives first appear in the fossil record some 360 million years ago in the late Devonian period. They diversified into many of the modern fern families and species during the ...

Ferns have a brilliant way of reproducing. They don’t produce seeds like flowering plants, but instead grow a completely new, independent plant called a gametophyte. If you look on the underside of ...

All varieties like a soil that’s rich in organic matter, as this helps to retain moisture while improving drainage. Water your plants well in the first year when they're establishing. Which? Gardening ...

Keeping these delicate plants happy can be pretty tricky ... The key, then, is knowing exactly what asparagus ferns like when it comes to water, light and humidity. And that’s where this ...

Unlike many other ferns, this one does not spread. In the home landscape it is useful as a specimen plant in moist areas such as rain gardens or swales. Its large urn-like shape and orange spore ...