• The Australian tree fern (Cyathea cooperi) is a large tropical fern that forms a trunk. In the wild, a mature tree’s medium to dark green fronds can grow 5 to 8 feet long, but the fronds will be ...

Q. I was given an Australian tree fern that spent several years in a pot. I trimmed the brown fronds and left it in the pot in a bright spot. It got water now and then. After a hard rain it died back ...

New research points to a pair of nineteenth-century albums of pressed plants as possibly being created by botanist Wilhelm Bäuerlen. Are there others out there? The real story is different, I thought.

Sculptural and primeval, Australian tree ferns have been thrilling British gardeners for more than 150 years. They’re also perfect for today’s tiny back gardens and shady courtyards The Guardian’s ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. JOHN PATRICK: In Britain, ferns became so popular that a word was coined for the passion 'pteridomania' ...

A: I don't want to totally discourage you, but this plant is best outdoors. It tends to sulk in a container if you're not prompt about watering. If the soil dries, the fronds quickly brown. I gave up ...

Ironic, considering what he just said that gave him pause was about confidence – “I don’t have a problem with confidence”, he declared in an assured manner only seconds earlier. But he knew how that ...

Thousands of Australian moths may be released in South Florida in a few months as the federal government tries to stop a foreign plant called Old World climbing fern from overrunning the Everglades ...