I’ve been keeping a close eye on a maidenhair fern that I rescued from my sister’s garden two years ago. The fern is one of six that came to me from her. Each had its own small pot. I moved them into ...

One of the more delightful things to watch for in spring is the annual unfurling of the ferns. They seem to suddenly appear, all coiled up and then, as the days lengthen and get warmer they gradually ...

By March many UK garden ferns look dead, but they are quietly preparing fresh fronds beneath the brown foliage. One fast, ...

Mention the word fern, and many gardeners will envision an indoor grotto filled with Boston and maidenhair fern. Or maybe a tropical forest full of wild ferns. But in their garden? Maybe a Western ...

You’re right: Frost can sometimes form patterns that look like the ferns or flowers we find in nature. Those frosty shapes we see on the surface of windows start out as water in the air, said my ...

As a kid, I remember watching time-lapse videos of a flower blooming or of the sun racing across the sky. Of course, things don't happen that way in nature with one possible exception: sprouting, ...

Analyses of genetic material from a multitude of fern species suggest that much of that plant group branched out millions of years after flowering plants appeared, a notion that contradicts many ...

The late-July rain has brought much-needed moisture to our region and returned the woods to a panorama of lush textures and colors. Some of the main contributors to this array of verdant frilliness ...

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