Learning how to care for ferns is worthwhile for indoor and outdoor gardeners alike. These fabulous plants instantly give a courtyard, patio, or bedroom shelf a luscious and leafy look.

Reviewed by Debra LaGattuta Bird's nest ferns (Asplenium nidus) are epiphytes, meaning they typically grow on other plants ...

They diversified into many of the modern fern families and species during the “great fern radiation” of the Cretaceous period, from 145 to 66 million years ago. Like the clubmosses (see Plant ...