If your garden is full of shade and protected from the sun, then you can go all out and plant larger fern species, like the Australian tree fern. With a large canopy and elegant single trunk ...

In a bright-light window it grows really bushy with long fronds, so the asparagus fern needs to be on a pedestal or hanging. This vibrant flowering plant loves the sun, is tolerant of soil ...

(Jessica Damiano via AP) This undated photo provided by Thames Products shows an air fern on display in the UK. Although sometimes marketed as plants that don’t require water or sunlight, air ferns ...