Ferns are among the oldest living plants, with fossil records dating back 383 to 393 million years ago. These plants are resilient and have survived volcanic eruptions and cold climates thanks to ...

a woman touches a fern frond in a garden - Tom Werner/Getty Images As gardeners feel a nip of fall in the air, their thoughts turn to garden cleanup, preparing beds and plants for winter, and setting ...

Ferns need to be watered regularly enough that the soil is kept moist, not soggy or dry. Indoor ferns can be watered once or twice a week, while outdoor ferns may need to be watered every day. You can ...

Almost every garden is likely to have a shady area that influences the kinds of plants that will grow there. Many people consider these areas a problem, when, in fact, they provide the opportunity to ...

Most gardeners, including me, have a large number of house plants that serve both to beautify the interiors of their homes in the winter and to be moved outdoors during the growing season to enhance ...

When most people envision the Pacific Northwest, they conjure an image of overcast, misty skies, cool temperatures, towering Douglas firs, fragrant cedars, salal and ferns — lots and lots of ferns.

As summer makes its steamy arrival in Kentucky, shade becomes an ever increasingly important and hot garden commodity. No longer do we embrace the sunshine with the same vigor as we did on those first ...

Upstaged by showy flowers and leafy tropicals, ferns too often are overlooked when it comes to the garden. Maybe that’s beginning to change. “I think ferns are coming back into popularity,” says Emily ...

Jamie Lee Curtis shows how elegant, affordable plants can elevate your front entrance and make a big impact with minimal ...

BIG DOGS: In the 1970s, a co-worker gave Jerry Becnel Sr. a few little staghorn fern pups, the small reproducing pieces of the unusual tropical fern. More than 40 years later, Becnel and his wife, Jo ...