Ferns can struggle in the heat of late summer. Keep them looking fresh with these tips.

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 ...

Social colonies are nothing new in the animal kingdom. We know bees, ants and termites live in large colonies, divide labor and co-operate to take care of offspring produced by a single queen. Our ...

Explore wild plant identification and foraging, including lady fern fiddleheads, licorice fern, and horsetail, followed by a ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. All fern leaves develop from fiddleheads in the spring, but the ostrich fern ...

This spring, don’t forage for wild edible plants. Instead, welcome them into your garden. By Margaret Roach Jared Rosenbaum knows the primal thrill of foraging — a sense of interdependence with the ...

The second staghorn fern I purchased.I started getting interested in staghorn ferns after buying a Willinckii at a home ...

Ferns are at their most diverse and abundant in the world’s tropical rainforests. This warm and humid ecosystem is heaven for these plants, which unfurl their feather-like leaves in the damp and ...

Ferns are easy to grow, low-maintenance, and long-lived. Loved for their dramatic and textured fronds, ferns bring character and dimension to outdoor garden spaces. When considering growing ferns, ...

Ferns are one of the most useful and diverse groups of plants for shady areas, and now is a great time to plant them. Many species of hardy ferns are suitable for planting in Louisiana landscapes.