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 ...

Christmas ferns, they're just simple woodland shade plants, right? Wrong! Turns out, we’ve been taking this green-leafed plant for granted for quite some time. Said to gain its name from ...

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 ...

Here are five must-know fern care tips for every plant lover. Ferns thrive in humid environments, so it's important to keep humidity levels high around them. Ideally, you should aim for a humidity ...

In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about buying and growing Norland potatoes as well as dusting houseplants.

species during the Cretaceous is credited with causing a dramatic decline in other vascular plant groups such as horsetails, cycads, and ferns. But new research published this week in Nature suggests ...

Jeannot, a young boy living in the countryside with his mother and grandfather, ventures into the forest at night to pick a fern flower before the cock crows.

Another type of seedless vascular plant is ferns, also known as monilophytes. Many types of ferns have large leaves called fronds that slowly unfurl over time, but there are other kinds ...

So, to find out everything you need to know, we spoke to Maddie Porritt, plant expert at the online gardening centre The Stem. Here’s what she had to say. While you’ll find asparagus ferns in ...

While southern maidenhair fern is a great choice for a moist shady garden, it makes a great potted plant for your porch. The southern maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) is a favorite of ...

If you maintain proper light and moisture over the next few months, you should have a beautiful bushy plant again. This fern maintains a modest size of about a foot and a half, so it is ...