Ferns owe their millennia-long survival to their ability to adapt to climates and environments where most plants would ...

They diversified into many of the modern fern families and species during the “great fern radiation” of the Cretaceous period, from 145 to 66 million years ago. Like the clubmosses (see Plant ...

Boston ferns are hardy down to about US hardiness zone nine. But this doesn't mean that they prefer this,' says Raffaele Di ...

With their soft unfurling fronds, ferns are fabulous. In fact, we love them so much, we’ve filled our new Evolution Garden with them. But how much do you know about one of the earliest plants to ...

Heather S. McHaffie, Annals of Botany 'The comprehensive and detailed nature of the treatment might lead you to believe that this scholarly book should be used as a reference. However, the authors and ...

Jerry has found a bird’s nest fern with a leaf mutation – one leaf has an interesting, forked tip. “If I want to perpetuate this and create an entirely new plant with just forked leaves ...

Tree ferns, which rival ordinary trees in height, were once the masters of the forest. In the Jurassic period they grew 20‡40 ...

Discover effective gardening techniques for thinning out overgrown ferns without harming them. Learn methods to rejuvenate ...

Keeping these delicate plants happy can be pretty tricky. Here’s how to give your asparagus fern everything it needs to thrive. Asparagus ferns may be best known for their airy, delicate foliage ...

Clubmoss or Lycophytes evolved some 410 million years ago making it an "ancient fern ally." Fern allies are a diverse group ...