Winter is approaching, and households across the country are adjusting their routines to keep plants healthy through the ...

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 ...

There are few forms of the botanical world as readily identifiable as fern leaves. These often large, lacy fronds lend ...

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 ...

Ferns and hostas love shady, damp gardens, so finding a flowering ground cover partner is tricky. This sweet little plant ...

Ferns are among the oldest known plants. Before the dinosaurs roamed the Earth, they were well-established - growing, reproducing and decomposing throughout the ages. Fossil remains in rocks and coal ...

Ferns are among the first perennials to show growth in the spring. They send up small stems with tips curled tightly in the shape of violin scrolls (fiddleheads) that straighten gradually into ...

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 ...

A fern unlike any other naturally accumulates rare earth minerals, offering a potential green solution for sustainable ...

A new study analyzed the nanoscale chemistry of the Blechnum orientale fern, which can form tiny crystals of monazite within ...