Often overlooked as simple groundcovers and fillers, feathery ferns are the star of the show in this New York garden. At present, Rocky Hills is a showplace for fiddleheads underfoot. But before 1990, ...

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Probably the first pioneer plants to arrive in Hawaii were mosses and ferns. Ferns have been around for over 360 million years. Giant tree fern forests were common for millions of years but they gave ...

Ferns have been on Earth for about 400 million years, whereas flowering plants have been around a mere 90 million years. Eleven thousand species of ferns exist around the world. They live in diverse ...

Almost every garden has a shady area that influences the kinds of plants that will grow there. Many people consider these areas a problem, but they actually provide the opportunity to grow an ...

Fern and nursery owners in northwest Volusia prepared to protect their plants hoping for no major damage from sub-freezing ...

The tassel fern offers rare beauty, form and texture in the landscape, and homeowners with a woodland garden should put this at the top of their list. Mention landscape ferns and most of us think ...

I have a shaded, woodland garden and want to plant some hardy ferns in the area. Which ones are better to plant, the ones that are evergreen or the ones that die back each winter? Which ones are ...

Darla Harris called herself an "out-and-out fern nut" back when she had 30 ferns at her Magnolia home. She amped up her gardening hobby by joining the Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society, which had just ...

How did the Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) come by its common name? Perhaps because its evergreen nature makes it ideal for use in holiday decorations. Or maybe it’s the shape of its ...