The Victorians loved Boston ferns (Nephrolepisexaltata), and they're still popular today, especially on Southern porches. Sometimes called sword ferns, Boston ferns reach two to three feet tall and ...

Boston fern is a common ornamental plant frequently grown as a houseplant in northern climates such as Greater Columbus. It is a member of a tropical species of sword fern native to humid forests from ...

There are approximately 12,000 fern species growing worldwide, most of them found in forests, woodlands or tropical regions.

Florida has the widest variety of ferns in the continental U.S. (only Hawaii and Puerto Rico have more), and 123 of these are native to the state. Gardening with ferns is relatively easy given the ...

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 ...

Fossil records of ferns can be dated back to about 360 million years ago (late Devonian period), with their descendants from 145 million years ago being more closely related to the current day ferns.

Cool green shade and trickling water or waterfalls cascading from verdant canyons often come to mind when we think of ferns. But ferns are ancient plants that have learned to adapt to a much wider ...

SEATTLE — There's a reason that ferns have been growing in popularity over the last few years. They come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors, require minimum care and have practically no ...