In true encyclopedia format, this is a comprehensive guide to nearly 1,000 ferns and fern companions for the garden. It's lavishly illustrated with close to 700 photographs, so just thumbing through ...

Plants and the animals that eat them have evolved together in fascinating ways, creating a dynamic interplay of survival strategies. Many plants have developed physical and chemical defenses to fend ...

Growing ferns in containers opens up many possibilities for enjoying decorative, almost prehistoric, foliage and a woodland-style aesthetic in smaller gardens and spaces where planting into the ground ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. During ...

A hanging basket filled with beautiful ferns brightens up any space and adds curb appeal to your home. These popular plants are a common sight on Southern porches. Relatively easy to care for, ferns ...

Ferns are a good example of a whole family of plants that are poorly represented in our garden landscapes. It’s not that they can’t be grown, but that we don’t give them much of a try. Ferns, in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unfurling fiddlehead of the Christmas fern (_Polystichum acrostichoides_). Jacob S. Suissa, CC BY-ND Imagine a photograph of your ...

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 ...

Ferns represent a globally distributed lineage of monilophytes encompassing roughly 12 000 species, second only to flowering plants in vascular plant diversity. Their evolutionary history stretches ...