For sheer pop, indoors or out, staghorn ferns (Platycerium spp) can’t be beat. Once considered difficult to grow in San Diego County, staghorn ferns are now commonly found in nurseries, hanging on ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected 4,195 acres of critical habitat for the endangered Florida bristle fern. The fern, found in small patches in Miami-Dade and ...

For the shade gardener who wants to grow edible plants, this shadowy designation of how much—or how little—direct sunlight a space receives is often perceived as second best. “I have a garden, ...

There is something otherworldly about ferns. Their fronds suggest feathers and wings, and so when looking at them you may think of taking flight, most likely into the pre-historic past when they ...

On a beautiful Saturday morning in early June, I volunteered at Wilson’s Farm in Brighton Township for an environmental field study to learn the language of ferns. Though I often noticed copious ...

If you want to get a sense of what life was like during the Carboniferous period some 300 million years ago, visit the Kona Cloud Forest above Kailua. The area abounds with ferns that once were ...

There is something otherworldly about ferns. Their fronds suggest feathers and wings, and so when looking at them you may think of taking flight, most likely into the pre-historic past when they ...