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Whether you choose to divide or take cuttings from your staghorn fern, you can multiply this indoor plant quickly ...
Staghorn ferns hang from trees or rocks and glean nutrients and moisture from the air. At home, they can be mounted on wood or fit into wire baskets with wet sphagnum. (Submitted photo) One of my ...
There are some plants that can cause the casual gardener to think: "Oh, I wouldn't know how to grow that." One that might make this list is the staghorn fern. It certainly looks imposing, growing ...
The staghorn fern is an exceptional plant specimen, and with just a bit of TLC should give you years of enjoyment. While it thrives best in the climate conditions of South Florida, ...
By Life Is A Garden. Staghorn ferns (Platycerium bifurcatum) are one of those plants that most plant-lovers either have in their garden/home or wish they did. They have been described as the ...
A question for Dan Gill: A dear friend gave me a staghorn fern four or five years ago, and it now seems to have fallen on hard times.The round ball out of which the antlers grow seems to be ...
Distinctive in appearance and name, staghorn fern is a species belonging to the genus Platycerium and the family Polypodiaceae. These ferns can be identified by their fronds, which bear an ...
QUESTION: A few days ago I found a nest of ants in my staghorn fern. Would a periodic dusting with boric acid be harmful to the plant? ANSWER: Gardeners should keep boric acid treatments away from ...
The most common, of course, is the Boston fern, which can grow to behemoth size and last for years with careful tending. But there are lots of other kinds of ferns, besides Boston ferns, that look ...