This perennial is leafy and green in the deepest winter—and drought tolerant. Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) is a fast-growing native evergreen fern that is green and lush throughout the ...

My first introduction to the Christmas fern came at a garden club flower-arranging workshop. Everyone brought greens from their gardens to supplement a “supermarket bouquet,” and I was amazed when one ...

Set amidst the stark grays, blacks and browns of late fall and early winter are spots brightened by green as though hints of summer had lingered to remind the woods walker of the recently passed warm ...

The 12,000 species of ferns worldwide constitute a significant amount of global plant biomass. They contribute enormously to the aesthetics of our habitats, whether it's a rainy mountainside in Hawaii ...

Ferns grace us with feathery green fronds for much of the year, but what should you do when they dry up in fall? You don’t, in fact, need to do anything at all. Most of the native woodland ferns we ...

As we welcome the Christmas season, no home is complete without a couple of potted ferns for indoors and hanging baskets for the patio and around the house. Ferns are one of the oldest plants on earth ...

Pines and spruces steal all the glory this time of year, dominating the holiday scene with their twinkling lights and glittering ornaments. If they were Hollywood stars, the trees would be Brad and ...

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