Take a stroll in almost any natural area that is shady and moist, and you are almost guaranteed to see ferns. The woods can be carpeted with these lovely native plants. They grow along streams, are ...

Ask a gardener about shade plants and they’ll respond with hostas, impatiens, ferns and a few others. If you ask a person about ferns, you may get the response that “ferns grow in the shade, but I don ...

Hardy ferns, with their delicately attractive shapes, are some of the most ornamental foliage plants and gems for shade gardens. Ferns have many different shapes, sizes and leaf forms, and they ...

Almost every garden has a shady area that influences the kinds of plants that will grow there. Many people consider these areas a problem, but they actually provide the opportunity to grow an ...

As summer makes its steamy arrival in Kentucky, shade becomes an ever increasingly important and hot garden commodity. No longer do we embrace the sunshine with the same vigor as we did on those first ...

There are times when a nursery customer of ours asks for suggestions for a shady garden spot and I'll volunteer a fern. Occasionally I see that telltale look - "oh, a fern" (read: boring). That's when ...

Gardening isn’t always about basking in glorious sunlight. Some plants practically revel in the quiet whispers of shade and ...

Analyses of genetic material from a multitude of fern species suggest that much of that plant group branched out millions of years after flowering plants appeared, a notion that contradicts many ...

This delightful oasis, a beloved destination for my wife when she was a young girl and our daughters when she was a young mother, is one of the few local walks that can be done at midday, no matter ...

Under trees, where only a few plants can grow, is the ideal place for ferns to flourish. Most species are shade-loving ornamentals that grow best in the filtered sun and high humidity found beneath ...