With their lush, feathery leaves (fronds) and ability to thrive in shaded corners, ferns add a touch of wild beauty to any garden. But as lovely as they are, ferns have a tendency to overgrow, quickly ...

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 ...

Ferns are the perfect plant to add to a shade garden. They come in all shapes, sizes, and textures and because of the diversity of ferns, there is one that will fit about any garden. Ferns can have a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The lacy frond of the intermediate wood fern (_Dryopteris intermedia_). Jacob S. Suissa, CC BY-ND There are few forms of the ...

In research published in the American Journal of Botany, Department of Earth Sciences Assistant Professor in Residence Tammo Reichgelt used citizen science data to show that while some ferns prefer to ...

The ferns and their relatives first appear in the fossil record some 360 million years ago in the late Devonian period. They diversified into many of the modern fern families and species during the ...

There are few forms of the botanical world as readily identifiable as fern leaves. These often large, lacy fronds lend themselves nicely to watercolor paintings and tricep tattoos alike. Thoreau said ...