Once you know how to grow ferns you will appreciate how these versatile plants can add texture, form, and movement to a range of areas in the garden. Whether delicate and feathery, with gently ...

Ferns are beautiful plants that reproduce using spores and lack seeds or flowers. They can be grown indoors and outside successfully—provided you give them the right amount of water and sunlight.

Master gardener Wesley Gladhart turned his Metairie backyard into a fern oasis. Here are his fern gardening tips. Advice for terrestrial or landscape ferns "Most of my ferns that are not epiphytes ( ) ...

Ferns are tough, and do well planted anytime during the growing season in Iowa. Ferns are everywhere, and are a great starting point for designing your yard. Here are some tips on what varieties do ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. During ...

Last week, I mentioned how common names can be confusing. A good example is the asparagus fern. Despite its common name, these plants are not ferns. Asparagus ferns will flower and produce fruit ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Some ferns can be fussy to grow indoors and tend to drop fronds constantly (we’re looking at you, Boston ...

Japanese painted ferns are deciduous ferns that grow to about 2 feet high and wide. Their foot long, triangular-shaped fronds are green with a silver sheen and blueberry-colored midribs. Underneath, ...

It grew from a spindly progenitor. At first small and gangly, the fern was destined for the trash can, says a plaque on the wall at Saint Marys Hospital. But a florist came to the rescue and took it ...