Ferns make for an excellent ground cover, and though they're overall low-maintenance, avoiding these gardening mistakes will really allow them to thrive.

The author observed the dormancy period of their rabbit's foot fern, during which the fronds naturally dried out. Rabbit's foot ferns prefer indirect sunlight, moderate watering, and occasional ...

Turtle Vine is a fast growing trailing plant with small leaves. This plant requires minimal care and adds beauty to your ...

There's no need to replicate a dinosaur's habitat if you want to enjoy the fresh greenery of a fern in your home or garden; however, most early fern species have gone extinct, making way for a ...

They deserve to take centre stage in darker areas of your garden alongside other shade-loving flowering bulbs and perennials. As a group of plants, ferns are easy to maintain given the right ...

This fern prefers temperatures between 65 and 70 ... Mary Lee Minor is a member of the Earth, Wind and Flowers Garden Club, an accredited master gardener, a flower show judge for the Ohio ...

Ferns growing on other plants along with orchids and bromeliads are referred to as epiphytes. We commonly see epiphytitic types growing on hapuu, tree branches and even rocky, soiless areas.

The ferns and their relatives first appear in the fossil record some 360 million years ago in the late Devonian period. They diversified into many of the modern fern families and species during the ...